Greater Houston Select Baseball: Basketball Rules
All Rules for FCYBA games are located on their website
http://www.fcyba.com/operations/league_rules
Here are some quick breakdown of the rules.
Each player must play at least 2 full quarters (total of 16 minutes) in any one game.
No one player shall appear in more than 3 quarters unless his team has six (6) or fewer players available and all available players have played in 3 full quarters.
In the case of overtime periods the coach may play any 5 players he has available during the first overtime period as long as every player has played in at least two full quarters of the game.
If the game goes into a second overtime then any players who did not play in the first overtime must play in the second overtime.
If the game goes into sudden death the coach can play any five players he desires to play.
Substitution is only allowed in the fourth quarter of games.
Teams can START A GAME with 4 players present but the other team must START THE GAME with 5 players if they are available. If both teams have 4 players to begin the game, the game can be played.
No protests will be permitted for any reason.
Length- Games will consist of 4 quarters of 8 minutes running clock. Clock stops on all time outs.
Halftime- (3) three minutes
Timeouts: Are listed on Score sheets
Overtime- Each team will have only one (1) full timeout per overtime period, regardless of time-outs taken during regulation.
Sudden Death- Each team will be permitted one additional (1) timeout during a sudden death period.
Free throws- The clock will stop when a shooting foul, personal or technical, is called.
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Boys Division |
Distance |
Girls Division |
Distance |
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1 (Cross Court) |
8 |
6 |
8 |
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2 West (Cross Court) |
10 |
7 |
10 |
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2 South & East (Full Court) |
10 |
8 |
10 (5ft in front of line) |
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3 (Full Court) |
10 (5ft in front of line) |
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4 & 5 (Full Court) |
15’ |
Offense
1. Stalling- Stalling is not allowed. A player may continue to dribble the ball indefinitely as long as the player is making progress toward or is attempting to proceed to the goal. Once a dribble has been picked up (stopped) the player must shoot or pass the ball within five seconds or a violation will be called and possession will go to the defensive team. This will not affect the possession arrow.
If the winning team gets up by 15 points teams; will not be allowed to defense in the backcourt.
NO DUNKING IS PERMITTED AT ANY PRACTICE, PREGAME WARM-UP OR DURING ANY FCYBA GAME.
If dunking occurs during warm-ups or a game, (2) technical free throws will be awarded to the opposing team.
