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Tri-Cities Basketball Officials Association
Tri-Cities Basketball Officials Association
Feb 15 (Su) 4:30p (Golder Corral in Johnson City)
Weekly Rules Interpretation
Meetings
State Basketball Rules Meeting is on Monday, September 28, at 6:00 p.m. at Daniel Boone High School.
2026-27 Regular Meetings coming soon!
NOTE: The meeting sites are tentative. If there is an unusual situation, it could force us to do online meetings or alternative dates. We will keep everyone posted.
New Pregame Guidelines
- No longer meet coaches and shake players’ hands
- Stay across the floor during warmups
- “R” handles Captains meeting
New for 2026-27
Serving the following counties
Carter, Hawkins, Greene, Johnson, Sullivan, Unicoi, & Washington
Resources
NFHS Rules eBook
**NOTE** This is the 2023-24 rules – refer to the New for 2025-26 section for rules changes.
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- Center Restraining Circle
- Shadow Line
- Rectangular Backboard Padding Specifications
- Game Ball
- Team Bench Location
- Coaching Box Location
- Music/Noise/Sound Restrictions
- Video ReplayMonitor
- Jurisdiction
- Supplementary Equipment
- Game-Time Notification
- Coaches Verification of Proper Uniforms/Equipment
- Concurrent Jurisdiction
- Signal for Point(s)
- Unsporting Behavior
- Disqualification Procedure
- Concussion Management
- Correctable Errors
- Scorer’s Signal
- Referee’s Decision
- Scorer’s Mistake
- Scorebook
- Warning Signal
- Signal Not Heard
- Airborne Shooter
- Control – For Alternating Possession
- Backcourt – Frontcourt – Ball Location
- Ball Touches and Official
- Team Fouls to Reach Bonus
- Player and/or Team Control
- Disqualification
- Dribble – Legal and Illegal Movement
- Fighting
- Intentional Foul
- Technical Foul
- Player-Control Foul
- Team-Control Foul
- Double Fouls
- False Double Foul
- Multiple Foul
- False Multiple Foul
- Fight Adds to Team Fouls
- Dead-Ball Live-Ball Fouls
- Guarding Position
- Held Ball
- Kicking the Ball
- Pivot
- Players/Bench Personnel/ Substitutes
- Player Location
- Rebounding Contact
- Screen
- Act of Shooting, Try
- Throw-in
- Traveling – or Not
- Warning for Misconduct
- From Floor to Basket
- Three-Point Try
- Not a Try or Tap for Goal
- Jumpers Facing Wrong Direction
- Crediting Points
- Three-Tenths of a Second or Less on Clock
- Forfeiture
- Ending a Quarter or Extra Period
- Overtime – Or Not
- Length of Extra Period Incorrect
- Overtime Continues
- Time-out Requests
- Error-Not Correctable
- Clock Starts on Touching
- Timing Mistakes and Corrections
- Time-outs Remaining
- State Associations Reducing the Number of Charged Time-outs
- Shortened Time-out
- Time-out Requests/Starting Game or Extra Period
- Successive Time-outs
- Live Ball
- Jump-Ball Administration
- Technical Before Period Starts
- Arrow Not Reversed
- Jump Ball to Start the Game
- Arrow Mistake
- Setting and Reversing the Arrow
- Simultaneous Violation
- Ball Lodges
- Loss of Arrow
- Held Ball on Throw-in – No Arrow Change
- Putting the Ball in Play
- Dead Ball Situations
- Continuous Motion
- Dead Ball – Live Ball
- Free-Thrower Loses Ball
- Free Throw Delay Following a Time-out
- Defense and Offense in Opposite Spaces
- Faking
- Opponents Distract
- Lane Space Regulations
- Designated Spot Throw-in
- Throw-in Violations
- Boundary-Plane Infraction
- Player Out of Bounds – Leaving the Court
- Through the Basket from Below
- Dribble Rule
- Three-Second Rule
- Ten-Second Rule
- Frontcourt – Backcourt
- Frontcourt Closely-Guarded Action
- Screening Teammates
- Basket Interference
- Goaltending
- Swinging Arm(s) or Elbow(s)
- Team Technicals
- Six in Game
- Excess Time-out
- A Specific Unsporting Act
- Delaying Return Following Time-out
- Not Reporting – Not Being Beckoned
- Blood – Uniform Jersey Change(s)
- Delay Returning to Court
- Dunking and Grasping
- Contacting the Backboard
- Delay by Free Thrower
- Unsporting Fouls
- Technical Foul Contact
- Throw-in Fouls
- Ejection
- Bench Technicals
- Withhold Whistle
- Standing Bench Personnel
- Entering Court During Fight
- Simultaneous Technicals by Opponents
- Bench Conduct Situations
- Replacement of a Disqualified or Injured Player
- Unauthorized Leaving of the Bench Area/Playing Court
- Contact
RULE 1 – COURT AND EQUIPMENT
RULE 2 - OFFICIALS AND THEIR DUTIES
RULE 3 - PLAYERS, SUBSTITUTES AND EQUIPMENT
RULE 4 - DEFINITIONS
RULE 5 - SCORING AND TIMING REGULATIONS
RULE 6 - LIVE BALL AND DEAD BALL
RULE 7 - OUT OF BOUNDS AND THE THROW-IN
RULE 8 - FREE THROW
RULE 9 - VIOLATIONS AND PENALTIES
RULE 10 - FOULS AND PENALTIES
RULE 1 – COURT AND EQUIPMENT
- Center Restraining Circle
- Shadow Line
- Rectangular Backboard Padding Specifications
- Game Ball
- Team Bench Location
- Coaching Box Location
- Music/Noise/Sound Restrictions
RULE 2 - OFFICIALS AND THEIR DUTIES
- Video Replay Monitor
- Jurisdiction
- Supplementary Equipment
- Game-Time Notification
- Coaches Verification of Proper Uniforms/Equipment
- Concurrent Jurisdiction
- Signal for Point(s)
- Unsporting Behavior
- Disqualification Procedure
- Concussion Management
- Correctable Errors
- Scorer’s Signal
- Referee’s Decision
- Scorer’s Mistake
- Scorebook
- Warning Signal
- Signal Not Heard
RULE 3 - PLAYERS, SUBSTITUTES AND EQUIPMENT
- Number of Players Required
- Rosters, Starters and Numbers
- Substitutions
- Illegal Entry
- Directed to Leave Game – Jersey
- Injury
- Bleeding Player
- Uniforms
- Player Equipment
- Uniforms – Logo
RULE 4 - DEFINITIONS
- Airborne Shooter
- Control – For Alternating Possession
- Backcourt – Frontcourt – Ball Location
- Ball Touches and Official
- Team Fouls to Reach Bonus
- Player and/or Team Control
- Disqualification
- Dribble – Legal and Illegal Movement
- Fighting
- Intentional Foul
- Technical Foul
- Player-Control Foul
- Team-Control Foul
- Double Fouls
- False Double Foul
- Multiple Foul
- False Multiple Foul
- Fight Adds to Team Fouls
- Dead-Ball Live-Ball Fouls
- Guarding Position
- Held Ball
- Kicking the Ball
- Pivot
- Players/Bench Personnel/ Substitutes
- Player Location
- Rebounding Contact
- Screen
- Act of Shooting, Try
- Throw-in
- Traveling – or Not
- Warning for Misconduct
RULE 5 - SCORING AND TIMING REGULATIONS
- From Floor to Basket
- Three-Point Try
- Not a Try or Tap for Goal
- Jumpers Facing Wrong Direction
- Crediting Points
- Three-Tenths of a Second or Less on Clock
- Forfeiture
- Ending a Quarter or Extra Period
- Overtime – Or Not
- Length of Extra Period Incorrect
- Overtime Continues
- Time-out Requests
- Error-Not Correctable
- Clock Starts on Touching
- Timing Mistakes and Corrections
- Time-outs Remaining
- State Associations Reducing the Number of Charged Time-outs
- Shortened Time-out
- Time-out Requests/Starting Game or Extra Period
- Successive Time-outs
RULE 6 - LIVE BALL AND DEAD BALL
- Live Ball
- Jump-Ball Administration
- Technical Before Period Starts
- Arrow Not Reversed
- Jump Ball to Start the Game
- Arrow Mistake
- Setting and Reversing the Arrow
- Simultaneous Violation
- Ball Lodges
- Loss of Arrow
- Held Ball on Throw-in – No Arrow Change
- Putting the Ball in Play
- Dead Ball Situations
- Continuous Motion
- Dead Ball – Live Ball
RULE 7 - OUT OF BOUNDS AND THE THROW-IN
- Player Out of Bounds
- Ball Over Backboard
- Out-of-Bounds Situations
- Violation – Throw-in Spot
- Throw-in Delay Following Time-out
- Determining Throw-in Spot
- Inadvertent Whistle
- Designated Spot
- Throw-in Spots
- Backboard Supports
- Throw-in Plane
- Positions Parallel to End Line
- Throw-in by Wrong Team by Mistake
RULE 8 - FREE THROW
- Placing at Disposal
- Delay – Team Warning
- Lane Space Regulations
- Designated Free Thrower
- Officials Provide Erroneous Information
- Putting the Ball in Play
RULE 9 - VIOLATIONS AND PENALTIES
- Free-Thrower Loses Ball
- Free Throw Delay Following a Time-out
- Defense and Offense in Opposite Spaces
- Faking
- Opponents Distract
- Lane Space Regulations
- Designated Spot Throw-in
- Throw-in Violations
- Boundary-Plane Infraction
- Player Out of Bounds – Leaving the Court
- Through the Basket from Below
- Dribble Rule
- Three-Second Rule
- Ten-Second Rule
- Frontcourt – Backcourt
- Frontcourt Closely-Guarded Action
- Screening Teammates
- Basket Interference
- Goaltending
- Swinging Arm(s) or Elbow(s)
RULE 10 - FOULS AND PENALTIES
- Team Technicals
- Six in Game
- Excess Time-out
- A Specific Unsporting Act
- Delaying Return Following Time-out
- Not Reporting – Not Being Beckoned
- Blood – Uniform Jersey Change(s)
- Delay Returning to Court
- Dunking and Grasping
- Contacting the Backboard
- Delay by Free Thrower
- Unsporting Fouls
- Technical Foul Contact
- Throw-in Fouls
- Ejection
- Bench Technicals
- Withhold Whistle
- Standing Bench Personnel
- Entering Court During Fight
- Simultaneous Technicals by Opponents
- Bench Conduct Situations
- Replacement of a Disqualified or Injured Player
- Unauthorized Leaving of the Bench Area/Playing Court
- Contact
- Center Restraining Circle
- Shadow Line
- Rectangular Backboard Padding Specifications
- Game Ball
- Team Bench Location
- Coaching Box Location
- Music/Noise/Sound Restrictions
- Video Replay Monitor
- Jurisdiction
- Supplementary Equipment
- Game-Time Notification
- Coaches Verification of Proper Uniforms/Equipment
- Concurrent Jurisdiction
- Signal for Point(s)
- Unsporting Behavior
- Disqualification Procedure
- Concussion Management
- Correctable Errors
- Scorer’s Signal
- Referee’s Decision
- Scorer’s Mistake
- Scorebook
- Warning Signal
- Signal Not Heard
Serving the following counties
Carter, Hawkins, Greene, Johnson, Sullivan, Unicoi, & Washington
Johnson City, TN
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2024-2025 Mileage Fees (All Games: Middle School, HS JV/Freshman and HS Varsity)
1. If an official travels 30 to 60 miles one-way, they will receive an additional $10.
2. If an official travels more than 60 miles one way, they will receive an additional $20.
3. If an official travels less than 30 miles one way, no additional fee will be paid.
Membership & Assigning Fees ​
Association  $50.00 (Pay to TCBOA)
Varsity   $50.00 (Pay to Jim Cradic)
JV/Fresh  $40.00 (Pay to Gary Compton)
Middle School  $40.00 (Pay to Gary Compton, Herb Greenlee, or Jim Stoots – Depends on the area you work in)
Note: Membership & Assigning Fees are due October 28th (First Meeting)
Commit your all.... every game!
Training Materials
