Court and Equipment Flashcards
A.R. 1. Visiting Team B’s captain notices that Team B’s pregame warm-up balls are of a different type than the official game ball. Team B’s coach requests that Team B be allowed to warm-up using the type of ball to be used in the game.
RULING: The official shall inform Team A’s game management that Team B shall be allowed to warm-up with the same type of ball(s) that will be used during the game. (Rule 1-16.10 Note
A.R. 2. A game is being played in an arena with a game clock being displayed on the shot clock located above the basket as well as in another location in the arena. Which clock is the official game clock?
RULING: The game clock shall be the official, visible timepiece on which the time remaining in a period shall be displayed and shall show a 10th-of-a-second display when less than one minute remains in a period. The referee, per Rule 2-5.2, shall designate the official game clock. However, when there is a game clock display located on the shot clock, it shall be the official game clock. (Rule 1-18.2 and 2-5.2)
A.R. 3. The visiting team is advised that its team bench is located: 1. Farther from the division line than the home team’s; or 2. On the opposite end line from the home team’s bench.
RULING: The game shall be played with benches as located by hometeam management. The referee has no authority to move either bench unless for player safety; however, mutual consent should have been obtained before the game. Every reasonable attempt shall be made by game administration to provide team benches that are equidistant from the division line. (Rule 1-21.2)
A.R. 4. Contesting teams have uniforms of the same color.
RULING: When possible, each team should have two sets of uniforms, one of light color and the other of dark color. The light color shall be for home games; however, this rule may be altered by mutual consent
of competing institutions. The team that violates this rule shall change. When there is doubt, the officials shall require the home team to change. (Rule 1-22.4)
A.R. 5 Team A is wearing a patch that is not a national flag of an NCAA institution, an institution or conference official logo/mascot or a commemorative/memorial patch. The patch is located in the area between the base of the front neckline and the shoulder seam of the jersey. Is this legal?
RULING: No. Only a national flag of an NCAA institution, an institution or conference official logo/mascot and/or a commemorative/memorial patch meeting all other rule requirements shall be located in this area. When a national flag is used, it can be located only in this area on the left side of the game jersey. (Rule 1-22.7.c and .d)
A.R. 6. An official tells A1 to tuck in his game jersey and then issues a warning to the coach of Team A. Later in the game, A2 is fouled. Before giving A2 disposal of the ball for the free throw, the official notices that A2’s game jersey is untucked.
RULING: A2 shall be permitted to attempt the free throw(s). When the free throw(s) are successful, he shall be instructed to leave the game. When the free throw(s) are not successful and he does not rectify the game jersey violation before the next dead ball, A2 shall be instructed to leave the game. (Rule 1-22.10 Note)
A.R. 7. May a player remain in the game when he is wearing an illegal undershirt or undergarment?
RULING: No. Similar to the rule regarding jewelry, illegal undershirts or undergarments shall not be worn. The player shall leave the game and remove the illegal apparel; however, no technical foul shall be assessed. (Rule 1-23.1 and .2 and 10-2.3.c)
A.R. 8. Substitute A6 attempts to enter the playing court with a headband or wristband that is not a single, dominant color of the game jersey, black, white or beige.
RULING: Substitute A6 shall not be permitted to enter the game before either wearing the appropriate headband or wristband or removing the illegal ones.
(Rule 1-24.1 and .2)
A.R. 9. Before the start of the game, the officials notice that A1 is wearing white knee pads, A3 is wearing a black knee sleeve and A5 is wearing a blue knee brace.
RULING: Knee/leg sleeves may be white, black, beige or the color of the game shorts and teammates must wear the same color. This rule applies to anything that is worn on the leg except a knee brace. Typically, a knee brace contains hinges and/or straps and/or an opening over the kneecap or raised material within the brace intended to support the joint. Knee braces, by this general definition, do not have to comply with this color rule. However, any other sleeve-like apparel (covers part of the leg) worn on the knee/leg does have to comply with this color rule and teammates not wearing knee braces must wear the same color. The sleeve worn under the knee brace can be either the same color as the knee brace or the same color of the knee/leg sleeves worn by teammates. When players do not comply with this rule, officials are not to tell players to remove anything, but are to instruct them/their coach that they are not permitted to play until they comply with this rule. (Rule 1-24.4)
A.R. 10. Substitute A6 attempts to enter the playing court wearing jewelry, an illegal headpiece, helmet or hat.
RULING: At the first dead ball, A5 shall be required to remove the jewelry or socks immediately or be required to leave the game and not return until after removing the jewelry or socks. A5 cannot “buy” the
right to wear the jewelry or socks by being charged with a technical foul. (Rule 1-25.1 and 1-26.7)
