NCAA Says A 3-point Line Was Drawn 9 Inches Short At Portland Women’s Regional By Court Supplier

The NCAA stated Monday one of many 3-point strains on the court docket used for the ladies’s basketball regionals at Moda Center in Portland, Oregon, was 9 inches wanting regulation, a mistake made by the contractor that makes the courts used all through March Madness.

The line has been corrected, the NCAA stated. UConn and USC will play the ultimate Elite Eight sport of the match Monday evening on that court docket.

The NCAA makes use of Connor Sports to provide and set up the courts. The NCAA stated the marking used to attract the road on the high of the arc within the heart of the court docket was marked too quick.

The discrepancy in distance was found Sunday when Texas and North Carolina State performed an Elite Eight sport to find out a spot within the Final Four. Four video games already had been been performed over two days with the mismatched 3-point strains.

The groups’ coaches agreed to play Sunday’s sport as scheduled with one line shorter than the opposite quite than delay it. N.C. State beat Texas 76-66 to advance to the Final Four.

The NCAA 3-point line is at 22 ft, 1 3/4 inches for each men and women.

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