18/07/2017
A new 3 on 3 basketball competition will be running at lunch times and sign-up sheets are already available. Teams will consist of 3 to 5 players depending on if you would like substitutes or not. These sign-up sheets will be available on the SRC notice board near the accounts office and must be returned by Wednesday 26th July. The rules of the game are the basic half-court 3 on 3 rules, but if you would like to read them they will also be posted down below. Games will be run in the gym as soon as possible, so the earlier your team signs up, the earlier you will be able to play. I strongly encourage everyone to sign up and play with their friends because this will be a fun and friendly in-school competition, and it also helps strengthen the basketball community within the school. If you have any questions, ask Oliver from Year 11 (event coordinator), or an SRC representative. Thank you.
RULES
3 people on the court from each team. Up to 2 substitutes per team.
No jump balls. The team that starts is determined by a coin toss.
In held ball situations (that would normally result in a jump ball), the defensive team is granted possession.
When possession changes, the team with the ball must “clear” the ball by putting both feet outside the three point line. When this happens, the team with the ball is now allowed to score. Even after an air-ball, block, or steal, the defensive team must clear the ball to then become the offensive team.
No score limit. The game goes on for most of lunch (until 10 minutes before lunch ends).
No free throws. 1’s and 2’s (as oppose to 2 pointers and 3 pointers)
The rest of regular basketball rules apply
Size 7 balls will be used unless both teams consist of girls. In this case, a size 6 ball will be used.
If by the end of the game (around 10 minutes before the end of lunch) the game is tied, the game will not go into overtime. Instead, the next point will win.
Winner’s ball: if one team scores, they keep possession and restart the regular play of the game.
No timeouts.
No free throws.
No individual players can be ejected due to too many personal fouls. No team fouls result in free throws.
Technical fouls will be given to those with unsportsmanlike behaviour (e.g. violence, intimidating the referees). Two technical fouls result in a player being ejected. If no more substitutes are available for a team that has lost players due to them being ejected, the game is not interrupted and it becomes a 2v3 game, then a 1v3 game if players continue to be ejected. If a 0v3 situation arises, the team without players automatically loses.
All fouls result in the fouled player’s team gaining possession (including technical fouls)
