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.
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
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
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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)
