Games consist of 4, 10 minute quarters.
Substitutions are made halfway through each quarter.
Each player must receive at least 15 minutes or 3 segments of playing time (one segment = 5 minutes or one half of a quarter) and no more than 25 min. or 5 segments of playing time.
Technical fouls will be awarded to both players and coaches at the referees discretion. Any unsportsmanlike conduct will automatically result in a technical foul (screaming, yelling at, or making fun of another player).
A technical foul will result in 2 shots and the ball for the opposing team.
2 technical fouls will automatically result in ejection.
A written violation will be handed out for conduct violations deemed detrimental to the league. Any physical fighting will automatically result in expulsion.
If a player gets 3 written violations he will be asked to leave the league for violating our conduct policy.
The clock will stop at every foul shot and also in the last 2 minutes of every quarter.
In the event of a tie, a five-minute overtime period will be played to determine a winner.
A player will foul out of the game once he reaches 5 fouls.
There is no restrictions on full-court presses except that if a team is leading by more than 15 points they are not allowed to press.
Each coach will be issued 3, 60 second timeouts per half
There will be no defensive 3 seconds in the key violation (due to zone defenses), but there will be an offensive 3 seconds in the key violation.
A team must have at least 4 players show up or they will forfeit the game. Under no circumstances will a player from one team play on the other team unless they are permanently switched to the other team.
Each team has 8 seconds to advance the ball past half court.
Once a team reaches 7 fouls in a half (2 quarters), the other team will shoot 1 and 1 free throws. Once a team reaches 10 fouls in a half, the opposing team will receive 2 free throw attempts. Once a team commits 2 fouls in the final 2 min. of each half the opposing team will automatically receive a 1 and 1 free-throw situation regardless if the team has a total of 7 team fouls or not (NBA Rule).
* Any rules not discussed here will follow standard MIAA youth basketball rules.