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What's up, what's up, what's up? Bringing you some old school basketball theme. I don't even remember this, and this is when I was supposed to be watching it. Well, um, before I start, my name is Hector Perdomo with the Nate Smith International Basketball Foundation. I want to thank you for seeing and hearing what I'm about to say. Before I begin, just want to give a moment of silence to all the ones that we've lost and all the ones that we love. Well, thank you, thank you for that. Um, again, my name is Hector Perdomo. Um, I'm with the Naismith International Basketball Foundation. I want to give a shout out to a very important lady today. I know you guys are paying attention, it's March Madness, it's The dance has started, you know what I mean? There's no such thing as last dance on this type of dance. But I want to give a shout out to a very important lady that if it wasn't for her, there wouldn't be women's basketball. Her name is Sinead Abbott Barrington. Today is her birthday. She was born a long time ago. She was born back in the 1800s. She was the one who actually met with Dr. Naismith and, uh, changed the rules for the women. Um, that's, uh, one thing that I want to see, uh, how many people pay attention to the game. And I mean, yeah, you guys, all I was saying that you guys can bet and do all this crazy stuff, parleys, over-under, all that good stuff. But how about just some simple facts? You know what, how, how How did a woman's basketball court— how did that lay out? Was that like a, like a men's basketball court? I mean, what was it, you know? I mean, see, that's one thing that you guys gotta see and appreciate of what we have. This game, um, this game called basketball, because it almost never happened. A lot of people don't know who Dr. Naismith is, you know, or was, you know. I mean, to me, Dr. Naismith still lives. Because he's in everybody who touches that sphere. You touch that ball and you're there, you're playing the game, you love the game. This game continues to make my lungs pump, you know what I mean? I love it. It helps me a lot. I got a lot of plans with this foundation. I know things have been dormant and some stuff have been done that's very ungodly, especially by the people who did it. You know what I mean? I'm not mentioning no names because this— we're still, uh, taking care of business, if you know what I'm saying. You know what I'm saying? So, uh, let's, uh— tonight the ladies are playing. The dance begins with the ladies. We got Princeton and Iowa State playing. And then from Princeton and Iowa State, who else was it? We got— we got Southern U and UC San Diego at 9. So let's see what's going on. I mean, I don't know much about the girls, but I know the girls can play. I mean, we got girls that are dunking now. I mean, I, I, I look at this the way the game has evolved in the little time that I've seen it, and I started to watch it in the early '80s, you know what I mean? So I could imagine the guys that seen it in the '40s and '50s and '60s and the '70s, you know what I mean? Good friends of mine are retired Harlem Globetrotters legends, Rucker Park legends, Frank Shake and Bake Streety, Bobby Zorro Hunter, My man Gator, God rest his soul. Gator Rivers, original retired out in Globetrotter. Curly Meadowlark, I met him a couple times, you know. So, uh, Mr. Shoe Smith, Tyrone Brown, Bruce Capers. I mean, I can't— I can never forget my guys, you know. So, um, I'm— it's exciting. I love to, uh, start coming out live. We gotta let the people know that we're here and we ain't going nowhere. We ain't going nowhere, baby. We're gonna make sure we stay on top, and if everything's gonna be all right, just like my man said. Okay, so, uh, I thank you all the time. I mean, please go to naysmithfoundation.org, check it out. We wanna— we're gonna change it up a little bit, but we got a lot of things planned this coming year, uh, to see what happens. So now back to, uh, back to the topic of today. It's, uh, the woman rules. Woman rules, you know what I mean? There's, uh, there's 3 things that, uh, that Miss Bernstein did that really changed, changed the game, the way the girls play. And, um, one of them was, uh, she actually took the court instead of being a full court— excuse me, 2 half courts— she put it in thirds. So you got, you got, you had 5 people that could only be in one spot. Uh, the guards had to stay in the defensive third. Yeah, um, it's pretty interesting, you know what I mean? Uh, you gotta, you gotta check it out, you know what I mean? You got to know your little bit of the history. Um, let me see here. It says the forwards stayed in the offensive third, the centers stayed in the middle third, and the guards stayed in the defensive Which, that could have, that could have switched because the ball goes to that side and the ball goes to this side. So which, you see what I'm saying? So it's a little different. And, um, to my understanding, you didn't get to dribble for a while. Okay, let's see what else we got here. Uh, says the men's original, men's in 1891 used two half courts allowing all players to move freely on offense and defense. That was the men. Now the women's basket, they said the court was divided into 3 sections instead of 2. Players were assigned to a specific section and were not allowed to leave their designated area. Okay, now the number— another thing that she did was the number of players. Women's basketball initially, teams had 6 to 9 players on the court. While only 5 were allowed in a section at a time. Uh, the men's basketball court, it was, uh, the original rules were 9 players per team, but the number was later standardized to 5 players by 1897. And see, this is where it talks about dribbling. It says dribbling and passing was limited to 1 bounce before the ball had to be passed. Continuous dribbling was not allowed in the early versions of the women's game. By 1901, men were allowed to dribble the ball with no bounce limit, and by 1909, they, they say everything was normal. Um, physical contact— this is number 4, one of the things that Miss Berenson did. Uh, the women's rules were modified to reduce physical contact and prevent aggressive play. It was designed to be more teamwork and finesse rather than physicality. And men's basketball allowed more physical play with the focus of defense and physical endurance. That's, that, that, that's important right there, you know what I mean? Uh, and it's, uh, I, I laugh because nowadays I think it's reversed. Okay, uh, let's go with the length of the game. The women's basket— basketball, early women's games were often shorter with two 15-minute halves compared to the men's game with two 20-minute halves. Uh, these differences were meant to emphasize team play, limit endurance requirements, and reduce roughness in the women's game. But over time, many of these differences disappeared as women's games evolved. And that's, that's amazing. I mean, this is— today is, uh, Miss Barrison's birthday, and today is the first day of March Madness. Ladies are starting it, which I think that's awesome. Ladies should always go of course, you know. Um, who you got today, Princeton or Iowa? Me, I gotta go with the P because it's Perdomo, you know what I'm saying? So sorry, I go for Princeton. In Iowa, man, you know who comes from Iowa? I think that— I think there's a young lady that's very famous from there. I don't know, I might be mistaken, but yes, um, Uh, had a good time. I hope we have this again. And the game starts in about 5 minutes. Go get ready, have some fun, and, uh, let's see what happens. Uh, enjoy the time. Hector Perdomo, Nate Smith Foundation. Uh, yeah, thank you. See you next time.