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Message: [QUOTE="Cheriehoop, post: 4102652, member: 127"] It was the men and the NCAA when they took over women’s college basketball from the association for intercollegiate athletics for women (AIAW) (which was run by women), that the size of the ball changed. Before 1982 the women used the same exact size ball as the men. The women fought against the change but of course lost out. The men (NCAA) thought that the smaller size ball would help women dunk the ball, thus earn more money for their organization. So after 1981, women had to use the ball the men devised for women. I played in college and used the same ball as men throughout it having graduated by then. It was a big adjustment to use the smaller size ball. So it cracks me up how so many men will dismiss women’s basketball now because they don’t use the same ball as the men, when it was the men’s NCAA that demanded the change. Ironic isn’t it? ;) [/QUOTE]