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The goal is placed 10 feet (3.05 m) above the court. Originally a basket was used (thus "basket-ball"), so the ball had to be retrieved after each made shot. Today a hoop with an open-bottom hanging net is used instead. In the Men's leagues, such as the NBA, men's college basketball, and high school, they use a size seven basketball.
The 2009–10 Liga Femenina de Baloncesto was the 47th edition of the Spanish premier championship for women's basketball teams. Defending champion Ros Casares again defeated CB Avenida in the final to win its fourth title in a row, an overall seventh. [1] CB Rivas and CDB Zaragoza also qualified for the championship play-offs. [2]
Founded in 1984 as “La Liga del Pueblo”, the second-tier league in Puerto Rico was intended as a place to develop local players who would represent their communities with pride. [1] [2] There was originally an age limit of 20–30. [3] The success of the Baloncesto Superior Nacional in the 1980s prompted this demand
The Spanish Basketball Federation (Spanish: Federación Española de Baloncesto; FEB) is the governing body of basketball in Spain.Based in Madrid, it was founded on 31 July 1923 in Barcelona, Spain.
The Baloncesto Superior Nacional, which is played under FIBA rules, currently consists of 12 [1] teams, of which the most successful has been the Vaqueros de Bayamón with 16 titles as of 2022. The league has produced players that have distinguished themselves in the NBA, EuroLeague, Spain's ACB, and other tournaments throughout the world.
The Asociación de Clubes Españoles de Baloncesto [a] (Spanish Basketball Clubs Association), more commonly known as the Asociación de Clubs de Baloncesto (ACB), is a national sports association responsible for administering the Liga Endesa, the main professional basketball league in Spain. The organisation was founded in 1982.
Scoring by quarter: 28–11, 24–10, 31–22, 33–18 Pts: Carroll 18 Rebs: Tavares 10 Asts: Campazzo 9 PIR: Tavares 27 Boxscore: Pts: Bobrov 11 Rebs: Mockevičius 12 Asts: Rowland 5 PIR: Mockevičius 12 Arena: WiZink Center Attendance: 11,853 Referees: Carlos Peruga, Fernando Calatrava, Jordi Aliaga
Olympic pictogram for basketball. Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular court, compete with the primary objective of shooting a basketball (approximately 9.4 inches (24 cm) in diameter) through the defender's hoop (a basket 18 inches (46 cm) in diameter mounted 10 feet (3.048 m) high to a backboard at each end ...