UCLA BASKETBALL: NEW RULES TO BE TRIED DURING NIT.Byline: Brian Dohn Staff Writer Three prominent rule changes will be in use when UCLA UCLA University of California at Los Angeles UCLA University Center for Learning Assistance (Illinois State University) UCLA University of Carrollton, TX and Lower Addison, TX opens the season tonight against New Mexico New Mexico, state in the SW United States. At its northwestern corner are the so-called Four Corners, where Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, and Utah meet at right angles; New Mexico is also bordered by Oklahoma (NE), Texas (E, S), and Mexico (S). State in the NIT A measurement of luminance. One nit is equal to one candela per square meter (1cd/m2). Ten thousand nits are equal to one stilb. See candela. Tip-off tournament. The 3-point line is moved back a foot, to 20 feet, nine inches. Also, the free-throw lane is a foot wide on each side and a restricted area arc extends three feet from the center of the basket to make drawing charges more difficult. ``I'm happy with the game the way it is,'' UCLA coach Ben Howland Ben Howland (born May 28, 1957 in Lebanon, Oregon) is an American college head coach of men's basketball. He has been the head coach of the University of California, Los Angeles since 2003, and recently signed a contract extension through 2013. said. ``But they're always looking to improve it. They'll get some data out of this and it will be interesting. I think the one thing you'll see with the 3-point line moved out is you're going to have more and more teams sitting in zone.'' The rules will be used throughout the NIT, but not in other regular-season games. --Rubin gets sixth year: Walk-on guard Janou Rubin was granted a sixth year of eligibility by the NCAA NCAA abbr. National Collegiate Athletic Association . Rubin, who practiced the past month with UCLA, is available against New Mexico State. --Wright may redshirt: With center Michael Fey (groin) available and Alfred Aboya (knee) a few weeks from returning, Howland did not rule out redshirting freshman center Ryan Wright. If Wright plays today, or in any other game, he would lose his redshirt ability. Brian Dohn, (818) 713-3607 brian.dohn(at)dailynews.com CAPTION(S): photo, 8 boxes Photo: (color) no caption (Luc Richard Mbah) Box: (1) NO. 19 UCLA vs. NEW MEXICO STATE - Brian Dohn (2) Q&A (3) Mark your calendar (4) The season's a success if .... (5) The season's a flop FLOP - 1. An early system on the IBM 701. [Listed in CACM 2(5):16 (May 1959)]. if .... (6) ROSTER (7) Roster breakdown (8) Introducing... |
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