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Rule 102 - Basketball

Q. 101-4 Must a student who participates in two sports during a season, such as a diver who
also participates in wrestling, or a soccer player who also runs cross country, also
meet the 75%/25% minimum for Individual Sports, rule 101-4, when the reason a
student is unable to participate in enough Season Contests is because of a confl ict
with the student’s participation in the student’s other sport?
A. Yes. While rule 101-4 does contain a waiver provision for instances when a student
is unable to meet the 75%/25% minimum because of circumstances beyond the
control of the student, the IHSAA does not consider the inability to meet the 75%/25%
minimum because of a student’s participation in another sport to be a circumstance
which is beyond the control of the student.
Controlled Scrimmages and Jamborees
Q. 101-5 Is a Controlled Scrimmage considered to be a Practice or an interschool Contest?
A. A Controlled Scrimmage (an approved activity whereby Two (2) member Schools
work out against one another under IHSAA guidelines and under the direct
supervision of their respective coaches) does not count as a Practice or as an
interschool Contest. (rule 101-6)
Q. 101-6 How many separate days of Practices must a student have prior to a Jamboree?
A. A student must have had Five (5) separate days of Practice (in football it must be
Five (5) days of unrestricted full contact Practice) prior to the day of the Jamboree.
(rule 101-7)

RULE 102 – BASKETBALL
See rule 9 which applies to all sports.
102-1
The National Federation Basketball rules shall govern unless so modifi ed by the Committee.
102-2
First team games (Varsity) shall be played in quarters of eight minutes. Second team games
(Junior Varsity) shall be played in quarters of seven minutes. All other levels of competition
shall be in quarters of six minutes. Ninth grade basketball ‘B’ games may be less than four
quarters in length if mutually agreed by the participating schools.
102-3
The maximum number of girls’ season basketball games in which any team may participate,
excluding the IHSAA Tournament Series, shall be Twenty-two (22) games and no tournament,
Twenty (20) games plus One (1) tournament, or Twenty (20) games and a maximum of Three
(3) tournaments, provided the games played in Two (2) of the Three (3) tournaments, or the
games played in One (1) of the Two (2) tournaments if Two (2) tournaments are played, are
included in the Twenty (20) game limitations.
a. Options for player participation during any one season excluding Jamboree shall be a
maximum of:
(1) Eighty-eight (88) quarters and no tournaments; plus One (1) additional quarter for
every instance where a player participates in Five (5) quarters in the same session.
(2) Eighty (80) quarters plus One (1) tournament; plus One (1) additional quarter for
every instance where a player participates in Five (5) quarters in the same session.
(3) Eighty (80) and a maximum of Three (3) season tournaments (excluding IHSAA
Tournament Series) provided the quarters played in the second (2nd) tournament
and the third (3rd) tournament are included in the Eighty (80) quarter limitation; plus
One (1) additional quarter for every instance where a player participates in Five (5)
quarters in the same session.
b. For purposes of this section a ‘session’ occurs when a junior varsity and Varsity games
are played on One (1) admission ticket without clearing the gymnasium
c. No player may participate in more than Five (5) quarters in one session.
d. If a School schedules a junior varsity game and a Varsity game on successive days, a
player may participate in a maximum of Five (5) quarters in the Two (2) games combined
as if the games were scheduled in the same session.
e. No team or player may participate in more than Eight (8) quarters games in One (1) calendar
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