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its all to do with the refs signlas to the table. the ref cant show to the table any numbers over 5 on one hand. i don't really know why they don't just use two but that's why

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its all to do with the refs signlas to the table. the ref cant show to the table any numbers over 5 on one hand. i don't really know why they don't just use two but that's why

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Rule 3, Section 5, Article 8 of the NCAA College Basketball Rules specifies which numbers are legal to be worn on a player's jersey. The numbers include 1-5, 10-15, 15-20 and so on, until the last legal number 55. A team can have players with numbers zero or double zero (00) but not both, as a team cannot have two players with identical numbers.

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It may sound silly, but most refs only have five digits on their hands, for 1 thru 5, closed fist for 0, that is how they signal which player committed the foul, to the offical scorer.

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Because the ref has to be able to hold up their fingers to say which player did what and if they held up each hand with four fingers up than it would look like forty four

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They can't wear 8 because a great African American player was assassinated in jersey #8.

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