Rules

5 ON 5 RULES AND REGULATIONS

NATIONAL FEDERATION OF HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL RULES WILL BE FOLLOWED.

GAMES WILL BE TWO TWENTY MINUTE HALFS WITH RUNNING CLOCK EXCEPT FOR THE LAST MINUTE OF THE GAME.

TEAMS WILL GET FIVE TIMEOUTS PER GAME. EXCEPTION: IN GAMES OF EXTREME HEAT, THERE WILL BE AN UNDER TEN MINUTE OFFICIALS’ (HEAT) TIMEOUT EACH HALF. THIS, THEN, WILL AFFORD EACH TEAM ONLY THREE TIMEOUTS.

ROSTER LIMIT IS TWELVE PLAYERS PER TEAM.

PLAYERS ARE ONLY ALLOWED TO PLAY IN ONE DIVISION. NOTE: YOUNGER PLAYERS CAN PLAY UP IN ANY DIVISION CLASSIFICATION.

PLAYERS ARE ALLOWED FIVE PERSONAL FOULS PER GAME.

COACHES ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL PERSONNEL ON THEIR BENCH. ONLY COACHES AND PLAYERS WHO ARE NAMED ON THE OFFICIAL TEAM ROSTER ARE ALLOWED ON THE BENCH. ANY VIOLATIONS WILL RESULT IN A TECHNICAL FOUL.

THEIR WILL BE A FIFTEEN MINUTE FORFEIT TIME.

BEFORE TAKING THE GAME COURT AND BENCH ALLOW, TEAMS LEAVING THE GAME COURT TIME TO VACATE THE COURT AND BENCH.

UPPER TEAM IN THE BRACKET IS THE GUEST AND WILL SIT TO THE LEFT OF THE OFFICIAL SCORERS’ TABLE AND THE LOWER TEAM IN THE BRACKET IS THE HOME TEAM AND WILL SIT TO THE RIGHT OF THE OFFICIAL SCORERS’ TABLE.

TEAMS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR CLEANUP OF THE BENCH AREAS OF ALL CUPS, BOTTLES, CANS, CLOTHING, TOWELS, TRASH, ETC.

ANY PLAYER EJECTED FROM THE GAME MUST LEAVE THE TOURNAMENT SITE. TOURNAMENT OFFICIALS AND REFEREES ARE TO BE GIVEN THE UTMOST RESPECT. TOURNAMENT OFFICIALS HAVE FINAL SAY IN ALL DISPUTES.

3 ON 3 RULES AND REGULATIONS

NATIONAL FEDERATION OF HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL RULES WILL BE FOLLOWED.

GAMES ARE PLAYED ON A HALF COURT.

BASKETS COUNT FOR THE NORMAL TWO AND THREE POINTS.

FOUL SHOTS ARE WORTH THE NUMBER OF POINTS CORRESPONDING TO WHERE THE FOUL OCCURRED.

ALL FOULS ARE TEAM FOULS SO PLAYERS CAN’T FOUL OUT. AFTER A TEAM’S FIFTH FOUL, THE OPPONENTS ARE AWARDED TWO, ONE-POINT FREE THROWS AND POSSESSION OF THE BALL.

A TEAM’S FIRST TECHNICAL FOUL RESULTS IN THE OPPOSING TEAM RECEIVING A TWO-POINT FREE THROW AND POSSESSION. ANY ADDITIONAL TECHNICAL FOULS OR FLAGRANT FOULS WILL RESULT IN TWO, TWO-POINT FREE THROWS AND POSSESSION.

THE FIRST TEAM TO SCORE 21 POINTS OR AT THE END OF 25 MINUTES, WHICHEVER IS FIRST WINS. OVERTIME RULES, THE TEAM THAT SCORES 4 POINTS OR THE TEAM LEADING AT THE END OF THE 4 MINUTE OVERTIME WINS. DOUBLE OVERTIME IS SUDDEN DEATH (FIRST TO SCORE).

HALFTIME OCCURS AFTER ONE TEAM GETS TO 12 POINTS.

TEAMS GET TWO TIMEOUTS PER HALF—-A 60-SECOND AND A 30-SECOND. UNUSED TIMEOUTS DON’T CARRY OVER. SUBSTITUTIONS ARE MADE BY CALLING A TIMEOUT OR ON A DEAD BALL.

A REFEREE MUST TOUCH THE BALL AFTER A SCORE. THE DEFENSE GETS THREE SECONDS TO SET UP. A PLAYER HAS FIVE SECONDS TO PASS THE BALL INBOUNDS.

DEFENSIVE REBOUNDS REQUIRE TEAMS TO TAKE THE BALL OUT BEYOND THE 3-POINT LINE IF THE BALL TOUCHES THE RIM. THE BALL DOESN’T HAVE TO BE TAKEN OUT BEYOND THE 3-POINT LINE ON STEALS OR IF THE BALL DOESN’T TOUCH THE RIM.

THE NORMAL OFFENSIVE THREE-SECOND RULE APPLIES.

EACH TEAM SHALL CONSIST OF 4 PLAYERS (3 PLAYERS ON THE COURT AND 1 SUBSTITUTE).

PLAYERS ARE ONLY ALLOWED TO PLAY IN ONE DIVISION. NOTE: YOUNGER PLAYERS CAN PLAY UP IN ANY DIVISION CLASSIFICATION.

COACHES ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL PERSONNEL ON THEIR BENCH. ONLY COACHES AND PLAYERS WHO ARE NAMED ON THE OFFICIAL TEAM ROSTER ARE ALLOWED ON THE BENCH. ANY VIOLATIONS WILL RESULT IN A TECHNICAL FOUL.

THERE WILL BE A FIFTEEN MINUTE FORFEIT TIME.

BEFORE TAKING THE GAME COURT AND BENCH, ALLOW TEAMS LEAVING THE GAME COURT TIME TO VACATE THE COURT AND BENCH.

UPPER TEAM IN THE BRACKET IS THE GUEST AND WILL SIT TO THE LEFT OF THE OFFICIAL SCORERS’ TABLE AND THE LOWER TEAM IN THE BRACKET IS THE HOME TEAM AND WILL SIT TO THE RIGHT OF THE OFFICIAL SCORERS’ TABLE.

TEAMS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR CLEANUP OF THE BENCH AREAS OF ALL CUPS, BOTTLES, CANS, CLOTHING, TOWELS, TRASH, ETC.

ANY PLAYER EJECTED FROM THE GAME MUST LEAVE THE TOURNAMENT SITE. TOURNAMENT OFFICIALS AND REFEREES ARE TO BE GIVEN THE UTMOST RESPECT. TOURNAMENT OFFICIALS HAVE FINAL SAY IN ALL DISPUTES.