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5v5 Rules

Players

5 players are allowed to participate on the court at a time. Each team must have at least four players from their roster present to begin play. Less than four players will result in a forfeit. If a fifth player does not come to play by the start of the second half, the team forfeits the game.
 

Substitutions

  • A substitute who desires to enter play shall report to an official. Substitutions shall not occur during play, they will occur during stoppage of play at the officials consent.
  • The substitute shall remain outside the boundary until an official beckons to him or her, at which time he or she can enter. The entering substitute shall not replace a designated free throw shooter unless substituting for a player who has been directed to leave the game or has been injured.

The Game

Official NCAA rules will be observed with the following exceptions, additions, clarifications:
 

Timing Regulations

  • The game will consist of two sixteen minute halves.
  • The stopwatch will run continuously except for the final two minutes of the second half.
  • Halftime will be five minutes in length.
  • Each team is permitted two timeouts per game. Each timeout will be one minute in length.

Overtime

  • If the score is tied at the end of regulation play, three-minute overtime periods will be played until there is a winner at the end. Even with overtime, the game must end within 55 minutes.  And for those of you with 11:00 p.m. games, please remember that the Bennett Center closes promptly at 12:00 a.m.
  • The stopwatch will run continuously except for the final minute of the overtime period.
  • Each team is allowed one timeout, one minute in length. This is the only timeout for each team during the overtime period.  Timeouts not used during regulation play cannot be used during overtime.

Scoring

  • Each regular basket is worth two points and each free throw is worth one point, regardless of who scores.
  • Officials will call all three-point baskets for the benefit of those doing scoring.
  • Teams are responsible for operating the scoreboard during games.

Personal Fouls

  • Five personal fouls will result in ejection from the game. It is the responsibility of the teams to keep track of fouls.
  • All non-shooting fouls, personal fouls, and technical fouls will be counted against a team total.
  • In each half, the player fouled will shoot a one-and-one after the 7th team foul.
  • The handling of fouls:
  • Any non-shooting foul will result in loss of possession for the offending team.
  • Any offensive foul will result in disallowing a converted basket and loss of possession for the offending team.
  • Any shooting foul with a missed basket will result in two free throws for the shooter.
  • Any shooting foul with a made basket will result in the basket counting and one free throw for the shooter.
  • Any shooting foul with a missed 3-pointer will result in three free throws for the shooter.
  • Any shooting foul with a made 3-pointer will result in the basket counting and one free throw for the shooter.
  • Exceptions to the above on and after the 7th team foul:
  • Any non-shooting foul will result in a one-and-one, which the player who was fouled shoots.
  • Any offensive foul will result in disallowing a converted basket and a change of possession going to the offended team.  Offensive fouls will not result in foul shots but will count toward the team total.
  • Blocking is defined as illegal personal contact, which impedes the progress of an opponent.
  • Charging is defined as illegal personal contact caused by pushing or moving into an opponent's torso who has set defensive position.
  • Technical fouls are called at the discretion of the official and result in a free throw taken by a player from the non-offending team. The non-offending team also retains possession of the ball.

REC-IM League Policies:

Forfeit Policy

After forfeiting three games a team will be removed from the league in which they are participating. They will be docked all accumulated all-hall points. After two forfeits, the captain will be emailed and reminded of the forfeit policy. Forfeits will count one per night, if a team has multiple games in one night.
 

Rescheduling Policy

Due to limited gym time, there will be no rescheduled games during the 5v5 Basketball season.
 

Roster Policies

Teams are allowed a maximum of two free agents, one may be a varsity athlete, from other dorm affiliations on their roster. A League teams are allowed a maximum of two current/former varsity players/coaches on their roster, B League teams are allowed a maximum of one. Players can only be on one roster of one team for all of basketball.  Games in which roster policies have not been met will count as forfeit.

In order for a player to play on a team, they must either be on the initial roster sent into Rec-Im before the due date of January 23 or they must be added within one week of the team's first game. In order to add a player, the captain must e-mail Rec-Im with their additions. These are the only two ways in which a player will be allowed to play for a team, there will be no exceptions.
 

Playoff Eligibility Policy

A player must be on the teams roster (either on the initial roster or added within the first week), sign in and play in at least half of their team's regular season games in order to be eligible for the playoffs. Each player is personably responsible for obtaining the sign in sheet from the referee and making sure that their name gets written on the sheet. Eligible playoff rosters will be calculated before the playoffs and e-mailed to the captains along with the play-off schedule. Only eligible players will be allowed to participate, no exceptions.
 

Sportsmanship Policy

Referees will rate team's sportsmanship based upon the following scale: very poor, poor, fair, good, very good. Each category will correspond with the numbers 1-5 (1 being very poor, 5 being very good). Teams must average at least a 3 to be eligible for the playoffs. After rating a team's sportsmanship very poor/poor, the referees must contact the REC-IM and give a report on why the rating of was given.  After receiving a 2, the captain will be emailed by REC-IM and warned about poor sportsmanship.  After receiving a 1, the captain will be emailed and is required to meet with REC-IM Supervisor Greg Scruton. A team with an average of over 4 will be awarded a sportsmanship bonus.
 

Zero Tolerance Policy

Any player who approaches a referee or opponent in an antagonistic manner will be issued a technical foul. Over the course of the season, if a player receives a 3rd technical foul their playing rights will be suspended for the remainder of the season. 

There is also a zero tolerance policy for the use of offensive language. Any player who uses offensive language will be given a technical foul and will be sat for the remainder of the current half. If a player uses offensive language for a second time, they will be ejected and must leave the building. An ejection from a game will earn a team a one for sportsmanship.  

We understand that things can get heated sometimes during parts of games, but we ask that you keep yourselves in check so that there are not any issues during 5v.5 Basketball.