LESAA Basketball Playing Rules
The rules of the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) shall govern play at the LESAA Division Tournaments with the following exceptions:
Participants
Team Composition: Teams can carry an unlimited amount of players on their roster and are encouraged to carry at least 10 if possible
A/B Teams: "A" teams must carry at least 10 players during the division tournament. If an "A" team comes to a tournament with less than 10 players, their games will be forfeited. If an injury or an unforeseen departure from a player occurs during the tournament, the team does not need to fill in their roster spot. If an "A" team makes a final, 10 players must be on the roster
Equipment
- All Junior LESAA tournaments will use a size 5 basketball
Procedure
Warm-up: Teams will receive up to 5 minutes on the court before each game
Time-outs: 3 time-outs per game, teams can use up to 2 time-outs per half. If a time-out is used after the opponent scores in the last 2 minutes, the ball may be advanced to half
Game Length: All games will consist of two 20 minute halves with running time. The final 2 minutes will be stop time unless the score differential is greater than 10
Fair Play: LESAA strongly encourages coaches to get every player into every match
Tournament Format & Style of Play
Junior
- Format: 4 Round robin games. No playoffs
- Equal play time (A special score sheet to track substitutions can be found here) until the final shift
- Each shift will be 4 minutes in length. Game clock will stop during substitutions.
- Equal play time
- Last shift will be an "open" shift (play whoever you like) - stop time last 2 minutes of the second half
Special Defensive Rules
Junior
- ½ court person-to-person defence is mandated.
Free Throw Rules
Junior
- The shooter is allowed to jump across the free throw line
- Coaches can refuse free throws for possession of the ball, except on a shooting foul where the basket counts and the shooter receives a free throw
- If a free throw opportunity is refused, teams will receive the ball under the basket on the attacking end
Half Court Violation
- Team on offence has 8 second to advance the ball to half court