nytimes.com - SYRACUSE — When the freshman forward Marvin Clark Jr. requested a uniform number in the single digits this fall — something, he said, that might help embellish his trim physique — Michigan State’s equipment manager, Dave Pruder, had a problem. There was not much to offer him.
Clark ended up wearing No. 0, which is more popular than ever among college basketball players. Why? Because of the N.C.A.A.’s longstanding Rule 1, Section 22, Article 7, Clause b. 2 — the little-known statute that prohibits college basketball players from wearing any of the numerals 6, 7, 8 or 9.
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