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Pertinent sections from the NCAA Basketball equipment requirements for the 2010 / 2011 year... Specifically:

  • white-cord, 12-mesh net, 15 to 18 inches in length
  • 120-thread not more than 144-thread twine, or plastic material of comparable dimensions
  • constructed so as to check the ball momentarily as it passes through.
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