Question about the difference in ball size

notFromhere

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... between the college and NBA level...

Which level has bigger balls?

That other thread just begged the question. Anyone here know?
 
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JwUKFan11

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Same size. HS is the same. Girls balls are smaller.
That would be crazy if every level of Basketball had a different sized ball.
 
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TortElvisII

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HogFan2012

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Same size, I have seen a women's team saying that they used a men's ball for their game is why they lost but can't confirm it.
They are some rumors that the air pressure has been to high in some games but again no way to prove it.

More air pressure bigger ball not a bunch but a bit.
 

crxohio

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Right I would think just the dimensions to a point and the amount of bounce.
It's simple, u deflate a basketball lower than recommended psi. It's going to weigh significantly less. Granted in that range of recommended there will be small variance. But helium tests are done to measure bball quality. I'm not sure what this poster^ up there is trying to gain. But 22 ounces has to be reached. Let's both of us make a basketball company, and recommend our customers 7.5-8.5 psi. While the other recommendations are 1-8.5psi. I got balls that recommended to be 9-9.5 lol
 

anon1751545683

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Wrong, I'm sorry. Mass is mass. Air increases mass. Can't argue me Wrong. Science been around awhile now.
So if you have have 30 PSI in a tire and increase it to 50 psi it weighs 20 lbs more?

It doesn’t. It won’t weigh 1 oz more.

Don’t believe it? Get a frickin
 

anon1751545683

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It's simple, u deflate a basketball lower than recommended psi. It's going to weigh significantly less. Granted in that range of recommended there will be small variance. But helium tests are done to measure bball quality. I'm not sure what this poster^ up there is trying to gain. But 22 ounces has to be reached. Let's both of us make a basketball company, and recommend our customers 1-8.5 psi.
It’s not going to weigh different.

A flat basketball will weigh exactly the same as an inflated ball.
 

crxohio

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I never said it affects with great margins. But it does affect weight. You are saying psi doesn't affect mass. Mass is weight
 

crxohio

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We are talking ounces and the fractions that come with it. A deflated bball will not weigh the same as a fully recommended bball. If it's just .01, .02, .03. There is the whole byonuacy side. Etc
 

anon1751545683

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I never said it affects with great margins. But it does affect weight. You are saying psi doesn't affect mass. Mass is weight
Just weigh one then. Weigh a flat ball. Inflate it and weigh again.

It will weigh exactly the same.
 

crxohio

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Buyonacy my good cat fan. Deflate will sink alot lower than a fully inflated. I'm giving this rest and going to watch the game.