WSC

BASKETBALL RULES

General Rules

THE REFEREE’S DECISION IS ALWAYS FINAL
2 - 20 Minute Halves
2 - 30 Second Time-Outs per half. (Time-Outs DO NOT carry over from the 1st half.)
If a team is down by more than 20 points with 2 minutes remaining, the official holds the right to end the game.
3 Minutes will be allocated to overtime in the result of a tie. Each team will have 1 time-out. Upon the 3rd OT period, the game transitions to sudden death-- in which the first team to score wins.
10 seconds to cross the half court line, except when ball deflected out of bounds by defense

30 second shot clock (when available) - *advanced league only*
IF A TEAM IS LATE FOR THEIR GAME, THE OTHER TEAM WILL BE AWARDED TWO FREE THROWs and the ball prior to the start of the game

Fouls

7 Team Fouls (within a half) results in a shooting bonus (1&1Free Throws)
10 Team Fouls (within a half) results in a double bonus (2 Free Throws)
Players are allowed 5 personal fouls per game. Upon 5th foul, a player will foul out, no longer allowed to play the remainder of the game.
In the instance in which a team only has 5 players, and one fouls out, the team can decide whether to forfeit the remainder of the game, or play down with 4.
TECHNICALS/EJECTIONS
- If a player is ejected from A game they will be suspended from participating in the following GAME
- IF A PLAYER Is Ejected from a second game within the SAME season they will be suspended for the remainder of the season
- IF A PLAYER IS EJECTED FRom A THIRD GAME AT ANY POINT FOLLOWING THE INITIAL TWO SUSPENSIONS, THEY WILL BE PERMANENTLY BANNED FROM THE LEAGUE

Forfeiting

Please refer to our FORFEIT POLICY for details regarding forfeits.

Playoffs

Single elimination tournament play.
in order for a player to be eligible for playoffs, the player has to play a minimum of one game during the regular season
Please see SUBS POLICY for protocol regarding subs during playoffs.

Sportsmanship