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Why was Iowa's long snapper an eligible receiver after snapping the ball on Iowa Nov. 4, 2017 swinging gate play?

When defining the conditions for a legal offensive formation and for receiver eligibility, there is no mention of where the ball is located. The eligible receivers need to be on the ends, not covered,...
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How are some college athletes several years older than the rest?

Students are permitted to participate in college athletics at any age as long as they follow the rules. The most relevant rule for NCAA Division I athletes is the Five-Year Rule: Title: 12.8.1 - ...
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Can a basketball player play in college after playing in the NBA?

According to the NCAA, there are required steps in order to become a college athlete. One of them is registering with the Eligibility Center. In the typical situation, that’s done during grade 10 in ...
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Has a Sweet Sixteen ever had all 4 top seeds in each region?

No. 2009 was as close as 2019 in which two four seeds were joined by a 5-seed and a 12-seed in the Sweet 16. For just the second time ever, the top three seeds in every single region advanced to ...
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Are NFL teams disallowed from practising with NCAA teams?

Yes. Not even getting into the weird NCAA rules - which I am sure this would violate many - it violates the current collective bargaining agreement in the NFL. First NFL teams can only practice with ...
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How skillful are major polls at predicting the winner of sports, particularly college football?

In college basketball since 2011, ranked teams are a combined 3933-868 (81.9%) against unranked teams. However, if we break it down month-by-month, we get this: Note the drop-off from December to ...
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Does a spike count as an incompletion

A spike is indeed typically assigned to the "team". For example, you can review the play by play of the 9/23/17 game between Kentucky and Florida, and you'll see at 0:21 left in the 4th ...
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Why do so few U.S. colleges and universities (and high schools) have volleyball for men?

This is a result of Title IX, part of the Educational Amendments Act of 1972, the US federal legislation which outlawed sex discrimination at federally funded institutions. One of the tests for Title ...
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Why are trophies awarded when the tournament gets cancelled?

IIRC when the ACC cancelled their tournament, the NCAA had not yet cancelled theirs. So the ACC simply designated their regular season champion (Florida State) as their NCAA tournament qualifier as ...
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Can you ever touch the ball with two hands between bounces while dribbling?

The NBA Rules have more than those four paragraphs Section II—Dribble A dribble is movement of the ball, caused by a player in control, who throws or taps the ball to the floor. a. The ...
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Do NCAA College Football athletes have to provide their own helmets?

No , the athletes doesn't have to provide or supply their own helmets. Universities also don't have to buy new helmets all the time and may paint over helmets they already have. And for those who ...
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Can a 5-yard penalty be conceded by the defence when the offence is less than 5 yard from the goal line in American football?

It is specifically covered in the NFL rules for 2017 as rule 12, section 3, article 2 the defense shall not commit successive or repeated fouls to prevent a score. Penalty: For successive or repeated ...
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Can a 5-yard penalty be conceded by the defence when the offence is less than 5 yard from the goal line in American football?

According to wikipedia all yardage penalties are capped at half the distance to the offending team's goal line. Thus, the new line of scrimmage will be the defensive team's 6 yard line. NFL: 2020 ...
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What is the difference between NAIA Division I and II?

It took a bit of poking around on the NAIA site. The document that is clearest is the NAIA Guide for the College-Bound Student Athlete, see the NAIA Guide. The only sport in which there is a Division ...
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Is it legal to throw an alley-oop to yourself in a real game?

In FIBA games, deliberately throwing the ball on the backboard without attempting a shot is equivalent to the player bouncing the ball on the floor. It is then allowed only if you hadn't dribbled ...
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How many games does the UNC basketball team play as part of their regular season schedule?

The game at the University of Hawaii (not Chaminade) on Nov. 18 is likely the source of the 32nd game. From the 2015-16 bylaws (the most recent I can find): 17.3.5.3 Annual Exemptions (f)...
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How many games does the UNC basketball team play as part of their regular season schedule?

It looks like the game against Chaminade is exempt from the 31 game maximum due to an NCAA rule about playing games in Hawaii. Here is a link giving information about that. The opener against ...
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Why are WR in the slot covered by non-CBs in American football?

First lets make sure that most reading this get the general "standard" football formation on offense and defense, set up across from each other here (from womensfootballguide.files.wordpress.com): ...
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Have any players ever won an NCAA football championship with two different teams?

On 11th January 2016, Jake Coker won a National Championship at the University of Alabama. He was the backup quarterback for Florida State when they won the BCS National Championship in 2013, so he ...
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Is calling timeout actually effective in stopping scoring runs by the other team?

According to a preprint article on arXiv titled The causal effect of a timeout at stopping an opposing run in the NBA, the answer is no - in fact: [W]hile comebacks frequently occur after a run, it ...
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Do athletes attending religious colleges (BYU, ND, etc.) need to be of that faith?

The answer is no, students do not need to be of that faith. What is true about the "religious" colleges is that they are sponsored by churches of that faith. And perhaps "faith" is a "tiebreaker" ...
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What longstanding NCAA Division 1 schools have never won a championship in any team sport?

Of the 40 recognized team championships, a total of one hundred and eighty universities (180) have won at least one division one championship, since 1890. Of those universities, twenty (20) are not ...
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Does a penalty yardage greater than the "yards to go" always lead to 1st down in American football?

In the scenario you mentioned where it is currently 2nd & 4 any penalty that advances the ball 4 or more yards will result in a first down. This happens because the offense just has to get the ...
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Has a play-in team ever won the NCAA Men's Basketball Championship?

The NCAA tournament expanded to include the play-in teams starting in 2011. Since 2011 tournament the lowest seed to win it all has been a 7 seed (UCONN). To answer the first part of your question, no ...
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Inbound basketball passed outside the court, then dribbled in

If this was a throw-in after the opponent scored, yes, the player that receives the throw-in can be out of bounds behind the endline, with the caveat that the 5-second limit still applies and so the ...
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Where are sports events announced in the US?

First off most US pro basketball arenas are only seat around 18K or so. At this time, April/May, the NBA regular season is over and the only games will be playoff games which will be expensive. After ...
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