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2. Rim (basketball) - Wikipedia

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   The rim is a piece of basketball equipment, the circular metal ring holding up the net. It hangs from the backboard. The rim had a diameter of 18 inches. [1]

3. Breakaway rim - Wikipedia

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   A breakaway rim is a basketball rim that contains a hinge and a spring at the point where it attaches to the backboard so that it can bend downward when a player dunks a basketball, and then quickly snaps back into a horizontal position when the player releases it.

4. Glossary of basketball terms - Wikipedia

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   a rim that contains a hinge and a spring so it can bend downward when a player dunks a basketball, and then snaps back into a horizontal position when the player releases it. brick A shot attempt that hits the rim and bounces off without hitting the backboard or going in the basket. bricklayer A player who repeatedly shoots bricks. bubble

5. Basket (basketball) - Wikipedia

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   The basket or hoop is a piece of basketball equipment, consisting of the rim and net. It hangs from the backboard. The first basket was a peach basket installed by James Naismith. [1] The bottom was eventually cut out of the basket, and the basket was eventually replaced with the metal rim and net. [2] [3] [4] Today there are breakaway rims.

6. Basketball - Wikipedia

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   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 ...

7. Why Ole Miss football players dunking on a basketball hoop ...

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   The basketball hoop in particular has become a recruiting tool. Rebels' offensive lineman Diego Pounds transferred from North Carolina. He remembered watching Ole Miss games and noting the energy ...