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• An NBA and official NCAA
(college) court is 94 ft long and 50 ft wide.
• A High School court is 84 ft long and 50 ft wide.
• A Junior High court is 74 ft long and 42 ft wide.
• Half court is well.. half the distance of the full
court.
• The free throw line is always 15 ft
from the line to the backboard
• The distance from the ground to the
rim is 10 ft.
• The 3 point arc in the NBA is 22ft
to the center of the rim on the sides ( the arc starts 5 ft
3 in from the baseline, being a straight line until that point)
then the curved part of the arc is 23ft. 9 in. from the center
of the rim.
• The 3 point arc in college and high
school is 19 ft 9 in. (The straight part extends 63 in out
from the baseline before the arc begins).
• The key is 12 feet wide (the width
of the free throw line) the backboard should extend 4 feet
out over the baseline. The 12 ft wide free throw line forms
the center of a circle with a 6 ft radius.
• The backboard is 72 inches wide by
42 inches high and has an 18 inch diameter rim.
• The inner square is marked above the
rim in a rectangle of 24 inches wide and 18 inches high.
• The line markings are white and 2 inches
wide.
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