HOME Team provides:

• Clock Operator
• Game Ball (Game Ball remains in possession of the officials until the game is over)

Games have Four Quarters, six (6) minutes each, with a stop clock

Mandatory substitutions at approximately the 3:00 minute mark of each quarter

All players must play three complete 3-minute segments per game (at least one segment in each half)

• [EXCEPTION] Injured players can be substituted immediately. NOTE: If an injured player can return to play, he or she must return as soon as possible within the segment, for the same player originally substituted
• Note: Players cannot be substituted in the middle of their 3-minute segment (outside the exception above) until the minimum playing time rule is met for all players on the team.

In the flow of the game, game officials will stop play at the first dead ball closest to the 3:00 minute mark of each quarter for mandatory substitutions

• Coaches will have players at the scorer’s table around the 3:30 mark of each quarter
• Players will check-in when the referee calls them into the game; (if a player being substituted is shooting a free throw, like a normal substitution, that player will come out on the last made free throw or the next dead ball.

The game scorekeepers will track minimum play times for all players

• A team in jeopardy of not meeting the mandatory play rule for each active player will be notified by the score keeper at the end of the 3rd quarter

Teams are allowed two (2) full and two (2) 30-second timeouts per game (allowed one additional 30-second timeout for OT period)

Five (5) team fouls (Bonus) in a quarter results in a two free throw shooting situation

• Teams with 15+ point lead in the last quarter are not allowed to “press” until the lead drops below 15 points.
• For Quarters 1-3, any time there is a 20+ point difference, the game clock runs continuously, except for mandatory substitutions or the game officials stop the clock (time out, injury, etc.)
• Any time the lead drops below 20 points difference, the clock reverts to a stop clock
• Once a 20-point lead is established in the 4th Quarter, the clock continues to run unless the game officials determine otherwise

Overtime will be one 2-minute period (4th quarter extended) stop clock

• Each team will receive an additional 30-second time out for the first OT only
• Double overtime will be one 1-minute period (4th quarter extended) stop clock
• Triple overtime will be ‘Sudden Death’; after 1-minute of play, if no basket has been made, each team will select a player to shoot 3 Free throws; the Away Team will shoot first

• Home Team wears light-colored side of the jersey (with a white t-shirt if t-shirt is worn.
• Away Team wears dark-colored side of the jersey (with a black t-shirt if t-shirt is worn)
• No jewelry of any kind will be allowed; earrings will not be allowed (covering with tape or bandages will not be allowed)
• Long hair must be secured at all times to prevent injuries