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I think they do use a smaller ball (unless it recently changed). There always going to score less. A 5’3” point guard can’t shoot as well as a 6’2” point guard on average. It’s physics. I can deal with that. Because of it you do get a purer brand of basketball. What I don’t like are the weaker teams with obviously out of shape players who can’t even catch a pass. They are out there. The MAC only has a few but they are usually somewhere between the 9th and 15th best league out of 31. Imagine what plays in the 16th through 31st best league. I pity the good players that have to play with those types of players. I remember when Sarah Burgess transferred from South Carolina to Kent. Great player but it took her 6 to 10 games to realize her no look quick passes that worked at South Carolina were just spectacular turnovers at Kent. There are pecking orders in all college athletics but they are much more obvious in sports where balancing scholarships is emphasized and where ESPN is involved.