Men’s Basketball Rules

Hopewell Recreation Ministry Leadership reserves the right to make any changes that they deem necessary for the betterment of the league and its play.

Harassment of officials and Hopewell Recreation Ministry Staff will not be tolerated. Questions should be asked by the HEAD COACH ONLY and done in an ORDERLY HUMANE and RESPECTFUL fashion about rule interpretations only. Judgment calls are NOT to be argued. Failure to comply with this rule will result in immediate ejection of the guilty party and possibly forfeiture of the game. NO WARNINGS WILL BE GIVEN!!

No coach or player shall belittle or berate the players or coaches of another team. This type of action will NOT be tolerated. First offense: Warning. Second offense: Ejection from game. PENALTY: Any coach or player ejected from a game will be suspended for a minimum of 1 game up to a maximum of the remainder of the season. Any coach ejected from a game will be required to meet in person with the Hopewell Recreation Minister before coaching another game. The coach is responsible to set up this meeting.

A roster must be given to the umpire prior to the start of each game. A player must play at least 2 regular season games to be eligible to play in the tournament. Rosters are locked at the 1^st game of the season of the season.

Normal basketball rules with the additional rules listed below.

·Four 10-minute quarters. Running Clock until final two minutes of the 4^th quarter.

·5-minute halftime.

·Four timeouts per game.

·5 total fouls (Combination of Personal and Technical) = disqualification. 2 Technical Fouls = disqualification.

·Technical Foul = 2 free throws plus possession.

·Any Profanity = Ejection for that play and the team plays a man down for 5-minutes. At the end of the 5-minute period another player from the team may come into the game. Even if that leaves a team with fewer than 5 players. The ejected player must leave the facility.

·A player receiving an unsportsmanlike technical (arguing with referee, fighting, over aggressive play, etc) is disqualified from the game and must leave the facility immediately. Their team will play a man down for the rest of the game.

·If a player is ejected from a game for profanity, unsportsmanlike conduct, they miss the next scheduled game. If a player is ejected from two games, they are disqualified for the remainder of the season. Our officials this year are certified with the State of North Carolina to call High School games. The ejection policy for profanity or unsportsmanlike conduct aligns with the state standard they use when officiating high school games.

·5 total fouls (Combination of Personal and Technical) = disqualification. 2 Technical Fouls = disqualification.

·Technical Foul = 2 free throws plus possession.

·Your team needs to have a person keep a scorebook. Scorebooks will be provided.

·No Shot Clock

·Minimum of four players to play. Only pick players to equal 6 total players.  If a team cannot field 4 originally rostered players, they can pick up enough players to total 6, but the game will count as a forfeit.

·No picking up players during the tournament.

·NO DUNKING.

·Regular Season games can end in a tie.

·Tournament Games - In the event of a tie game there will be a 3-minute overtime. Clock runs continuously until 1-minute remaining. 1 additional time out for the overtime period. In the event the game is still tied after overtime there will be a free-throw shootout in the World Cup Soccer format.