No, the standard basketball hoop height is 10 feet (3.05 meters). Rims at every level of play are 18 inches in diameter. Backboards are also the same size at each of these levels. A regulation backboard measures 6 feet wide and 42 inches (3.5 feet) tall.
When James Naismith invented the sport in 1891, he hung the peach baskets that served as the first hoops on the railing of the running track at the YMCA gym in Springfield, Massachusetts, and the railing was 10 feet off the ground.
As the game—and players—grew over the years, there occasionally were calls to raise the height of the hoops at more-advanced levels of play in order to make hitting a shot more difficult. However, the goal remained 10 feet off the ground.
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