OAKLAND DIOCESE CYO BASKETBALL
RULES
OFFICIAL RULES: All basketball
games (league, tournament or practice) hosted by Oakland
Diocese Catholic Youth Organization teams will be conducted in
accordance with the National Federation of State High School
Associations Basketball Rule book (available through the
Diocesan CYO Office) with exceptions and additions noted in
these bylaws, adopted by the Diocesan CYO Office, or adopted
by the leagues and approved by the Diocesan Boys Sports
Council or the Diocesan Girls Sports Council.
LENGTH OF GAME / TIME OUTS:
A CYO basketball game shall consist of four quarters.
All games shall have one minute rest periods between quarters.
All games shall have a minimum five minute rest period between
halves. Quarters shall consist of no more than eight minutes
stop time or ten minutes running time. Four time outs of one
minute duration may be charged to each team during a
regulation game. Each team is credited with one additional
time out per overtime period.
GAME LIMITATIONS: No CYO player
should play more than one basketball game per day. No CYO team
may participate in more than one basketball game per day. All
games/ practices including tournament games played on school
nights shall be scheduled so as to be completed by 10:00 p.m.
No league shall schedule regular league play on Sundays before
noon.
GAME BALL: A regulation
basketball made of composition or leather material shall be
used in all sixth, seventh and eighth grade boys league games.
In all girls league games and in boys third, fourth and fifth
grade games, a women’s composition or leather ball, 28-1/2" in
circumference, shall be used. Leagues
may adopt the use of smaller balls for third,
fourth and fifth grade play.
"ALL PLAY" PARTICIPATION RULE:
Each Oakland Diocese CYO basketball team must
play all healthy, uniformed players according to the following
formula. The first quarter and the second quarter will each be
divided in half for a total of four playing periods. The time
for each playing period will be on the clock. All healthy,
uniformed players (up to a number of twenty) must play the
minimum of a full continuous playing period during the first
half. Every player entering the game for the first time must
enter at the beginning of the playing period and play the full
playing period. The only exceptions will be due to injury or
disqualification.
The end of a playing period will be administered
as an officials time out. The team in possession of the ball
shall retain it at the beginning of the subsequent playing
period with a throw-in at the spot on the sideline nearest the
point of last possession. There shall be a center court jump
ball to begin the game.
The alternating possession procedure shall be
used to begin the second quarter and at the beginning of a
playing period if no team had possession at the end of the
previous period. Any player arriving to a game after the
beginning of the last playing period must play the continuous
time during the game, equal to a playing period, if sufficient
time remains. If a team has over twenty players, the third
quarter shall be divided into playing periods. In
addition, in each game, each child shall play the minimum time
equal to the time of one quarter. Athletic
Directors shall monitor their program's coaches for
compliance. Repeated violation shall be a breach of
sportsmanship.
INJURY OR DISQUALIFICATION: If
a player leaves a playing period due to injury and is able
later to reenter, the player must play a subsequent full
playing period. If unable to reenter until the second half,
the player must play the equivalent of a full, continuous
playing period on the clock. A substitute for an
injured or disqualified player must play a
complete playing period.
"NO PRESS " RULE: A team with a lead
of fifteen (15) points or more in the 6th, 7th and 8th grade
or ten (10) points or more in the 4th, or 5th grade, may not
use a full court press. The 3rd grade may not use a full court
press. Definition of a full court press: None of the players
of a team which is holding that lead may guard any opposing
player in the back court until the ball, or a player in
control of the ball, has passed the half-court line of the
opposing team.
PENALTY: One warning per game, then a technical
foul will be called on the offending team for each violation.
(Note: the technical foul is a team technical)
CYO sportsmanship dictates that coaches should
not have their teams pressure an opposing team's players in
the half-court area with a large lead.
OVERTIME RULE:
Overtime periods shall be 3 minutes in length. Oakland
Diocesan CYO leagues shall play overtime periods either as in
the National Federation Basketball Rule book or the Diocesan
Overtime Rule. The Oakland Diocesan Overtime Rules is as
follows:
In the event of a tie score at the end of a
regulation game, there will be a maximum of two 3 minute
overtime periods. If the score is tied at the completion of
the second overtime period, a one minute rest period shall be
taken, followed by a "sudden death" period played under the
following rules:
1. If either team leads by two points (either by
two free throws or a field goal) at any time during this
period, that team shall immediately be declared winner.
2. If after three minutes of the sudden death
period neither team has accomplished a two point lead, the
team leading by one point shall be declared the winner.
3. If the score is tied at this point, a
one-minute rest period shall be taken and then a three minute
sudden death period will be played. The first team to score
(either by a free throw or a field goal) shall immediately be
declared the winner.
THREE POINT SHOT / SHOT
CLOCK: The three point shot may be
adopted by individual leagues for play in the seventh and / or
eighth grades only. There shall be no shot
clock.
