College of Charleston women penalized for using 'improperly sized' basketballs

[TexasTowelie]

Size does matter when it comes to college basketballs.

The College of Charleston women’s basketball team will have two victories reversed after the Colonial Athletic Association determined the team used “improperly sized” basketballs during conference home games at TD Arena, the league announced on Thursday.

The College of Charleston used men's basketballs in home victories against William & Mary (70-60) on Jan. 6 and UNC Wilmington (76-37) on Jan. 8.

The team unknowingly had been using the wrong basketballs at home games the entire season, according to athletic department sources. The college stopped using the men's basketballs prior to its home game against Elon on Jan. 13.

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[NRaleighLiberal]

1. so, we had deflategate - is this diametergate?

[PoliticAverse]

2. Apparently I'm not the only one who didn't know there was a difference between men's balls...

and women's balls.

[TexasTowelie]

3. I won't touch those balls with a ten foot pole.

Oops, my reply has as much innuendo as your reply.

[MADem]

4. At the risk of getting into it - there's really a size difference?

Who the hell thought THIS was necessary? Did they imagine the game would be dominated by five foot two, tiny-hands, little darlings?

That's probably a rule I'd work to overturn--it's a stupid one. Most female basketball players who are at all competitive at the college level could whip the crap out of plenty of men's teams--and they've certainly got hands much bigger than say, Donald Trump.

[eppur_se_muova]

5. Women are in trouble for playing with men's balls ??

Seems kind of unfair, given they were encouraged to do so.