Back it up...

College basketball players might want to start practicing longer shots.

The men's basketball rules committee approved a measure last week that would move the 3-point line back one foot in 2008 -- from 19 feet, 9 inches to 20 feet, 9 inches. If approved by the playing rules oversight committee on May 25, it would mark the first major alteration to the 3-point shot since its adoption in 1986-87. The move comes after more than a decade of debate about whether to extend the line.

NCAA feels it's necessary to help create more space between perimeter and post players, and it could help the rules committee eliminate some of the more physical play -- something it has tried to reduce over the past several years.

Thoughts? Me - I think it is needed and should help the game out. Always a fan of spreading the court to allow for more slashing to the basket or back door cuts but also like a long range bomb. Plus it will help the players when they leave early to go to the NBA.