NCAA Puts Off Arc, Lane Changes

Proposals to extend the three-point arc and widen the free throw lane have been put on hold while the NCAA tries to determine what effect the changes would have on the college game.

The changes were recommended by the men’s and women’s rules committees but were turned down this week by the NCAA executive committee at the association’s convention in Nashville.

Last year, the committees approved a proposal to adopt international standards -- a trapezoid lane and a three-point line of 20 feet, 6 inches, nine inches beyond the current three-point line.

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Five players from the Kansas and Missouri women’s teams were suspended by the Big 12 Conference for one game for fighting after the Jayhawks’ 55-52 victory Saturday in Columbia, Mo.

The conference suspended Kansas’ Kandis Bonner, Tamara Ransburg and Larisha Graves and Missouri’s MyEsha Perkins and Christelle N’Garsanet.