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Six-on-Six Basketball

99% Invisible

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Women's Basketball Scholarships in Iowa

Pamela Grundy: High schools were choosing five on five because that's what the colleges had chosen to play. In rural Iowa, playing college ball didn't carry the same weight in part because they already had a prestigious sport. A lawsuit was filed arguing that six-on-six basketball violated the equal protection clause of the U.S. Constitution. The union allowed schools to choose whether they play five player or six player.

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