ANSWERS: 5
  • In its original form, when peach baskets were used, contestants climbed up a ladder to retrieve the ball after making a basket. Baskets are still used in basketball, but have evolved to eliminate the manual retrieval of the ball. Today's basket is an 18-inch-diameter (46 cm) metal rim, with a 15- or 18-inch-long (38 or 46 cm), open-ended nylon net extending below it. That and more info on the origins of baskeball can be found here - http://entertainment.howstuffworks.com/basketball1.htm
  • 2 balls can simultaneously fit through a regulation rim.
  • how far is the free throw line from the hoop?
  • Just a funny take on the whole idea.....
  • 18 inches...i am not sure most people can fit through the hoop or not.

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