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  • Seattle P-I: Players to Test Drive 11-Foot Hoops at Hec Ed

    A story in Thursday's Seattle Post-Intelligencer provides some background on history on the ''For the Love of the Game'' exposition... ''Most people are unaware of the origins of the 10-foot hoop,'' Newell said. ''The reason why (James) Naismith put the first peach baskets at 10 feet is because that's how high the overhang in the gym he ...
    Posted to News Wire (Weblog) by FSLT Staff on June 14, 2007
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