This is college basketball, and those are the rules.

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Shaq helped design the clubs and offers his thoughts on lots of particulars--the pumped-in music, toys in the kids clubs, rules for the gyms' basketball leagues.

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But I would love to see him go one-on-one with Karl Rove especially because he's a master of pickup basketball which has no referees and limited rules.

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Sports like basketball or baseball stay popular even though the rules almost never change.

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He also earned a reputation for something rare in college basketball: winning games while recruiting by the rules and graduating his players.

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The basketball court is the same for both teams and the referee makes sure that the rules are followed.

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The last time college basketball experienced such a stall, the NCAA introduced a shot clock, and its rules committee may soon act again.

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As AP Basketball Writer Jim O'Connell reports, Krzyzewski made sure at his news conference that everyone knew the rules are different for college programs than professional franchises.

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Soccer, basketball, and other conventional sports teach you to play the game, to operate within an existing set of rules.

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