Curious about jersey numbers

[ptril]

During last night's game with Missouri, I noticed that Connor Vanover, the 7'5" center, wore #75 on his jersey. I thought high school and college basketball jerseys had to be numbers 0-5. I don't remember ever seeing any one wearing a jersey without numbers 0-1-2-3-4-5. Did Vanover get a special waiver for him to wear number 75?

 

[BlueSince92]

In highschool mine was 69.

 

[ukcatz12]

I’m curious about numbers too. Anyone know why Reed wears 15?

 

[WizardWCN]

The jersey number rule was changed a few years ago, so now they can wear any number below 100

 

[RMorris33]

College Basketball Players Can Wear Digits Above ‘5’ Again | Defector

There’s a big change brewing in college basketball, and it’s a doozy. Referees are going to have to count past five without using their fingers. I’ll explain. The NCAA’s Playing Rules Oversight Panel recently approved multiple rule changes for college basketball next season. The one making the...

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[bthaunert]

They changed the rule in college basketball this season. First time since the 50's that players can wear any number between 0-99.

I know Bronny James took #6 this year to match his dads number.

 

[UKrazycat2]

Kill em all, let God sort them out....

 

[the nail at the foul line]

I’m curious about numbers too. Anyone know why Reed wears 15?

He is one foot five?

 

[STL_Cat]

I thought the same last night, OP. I didn’t know they changed the rule either.

 

[ukcatz12]

He is one foot five?

Wow this team has one guy who's 1 foot 5 and seven guys who are 3 feet tall.

 

[MasonCoBlue]

I’m curious about numbers too. Anyone know why Reed wears 15?

He came in projected to have one TO for every 5 threes made. I got that from an inside source! No, I cant name my source...

 

[bluefaithful]

Remember Oscar wanted to wear the number 9 and couldn't but this year a player can.