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A basketball goal support including a base, a ballast tank and an adjustable pole. The ballast tank is formed as a hollow structure for receiving a fluid such as water to provide ballasting weight to the base. The ballast tank is removably attached to the base to facilitate filling and emptying of t

A basketball goal support including a base, a ballast tank and an adjustable pole. The ballast tank is formed as a hollow structure for receiving a fluid such as water to provide ballasting weight to the base. The ballast tank is removably attached to the base to facilitate filling and emptying of the ballast tank as well as transportation of the base. The pole includes upper and lower tubes and an elastomeric ring extending around the upper tube. The elastomeric ring may be positioned at a substantially infinite number of locations along the upper tube to thereby define the position of the upper tube relative to the lower tube.

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A basketball goal support comprising: a base including an upper surface and a pole mount located at a rearward end of said base, a pair of flange portions extending forwardly from said pole mount in a longitudinal direction along opposing sides of said base wherein said pole mount and said flange po

A basketball goal support comprising: a base including an upper surface and a pole mount located at a rearward end of said base, a pair of flange portions extending forwardly from said pole mount in a longitudinal direction along opposing sides of said base wherein said pole mount and said flange portions define a ballast receiving area on said upper surface; a ramp portion extending forwardly and downwardly from said pole mount, said ramp portion including opposing sides and snap openings defined in said opposing sides adjacent to said upper surface; a ballast tank including a lower planar surface configured to rest on said upper surface in said ballast receiving area of said base, an elongated recess for receiving said ramp portion, a fill spout located adjacent to a rear end of said ballast tank and including a latching collar, and snap tabs extending into said elongated recess for engaging within said snap openings; said base including means defining a keyhole aperture for receiving said latching collar wherein said means defining said keyhole aperture includes an upper edge for engaging a forward edge of said latching collar to limit forward movement of said ballast tank within said ballast receiving area; a pole comprising an upper tube and a lower tube, said upper and lower tubes having a rounded triangular cross-sectional shape; said lower tube including radially extending locking tangs located at a lower end thereof, and an outwardly angled lip at an upper end of said lower tube; said upper tube including a goal mounting bracket at an upper end thereof, and a plurality of positioning dimples formed at longitudinally spaced locations along the length of said upper tube defining a plurality of predetermined positions along said upper tube, an elastomeric band extending around said upper tube; a pole mounting aperture formed in said pole mount and tang openings defined in within said pole mounting aperture for receiving said locking tangs in locking engagement; and wherein said elastomeric band is movable to an infinite number of positions along said upper tube and is engageable with said lip on said lower tube to maintain said upper tube in a selected position relative to said lower tube.