Numbers shall adhere to the following: Each team member shall be numbered on the front and back of the
team jersey with plain Arabic numerals. The following numbers are legal: 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 00, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55. A team member list shall not have both numbers 0 and 00.
A team shall not: Have identical numbers on team members and/or players. Penalized when discovered.
The head coach shall not permit a team member to participate while wearing an illegal uniform. Penalized when discovered.
By rule, are 0 and 00 considered to be identical numbers?
Can one begin a game (ten minute mark or jump ball) with the officials being aware both a 0 and 00 in the book, but not necessarily participating (playing in the game)?
After the ten minute mark, but before the jump ball, to whom is the technical foul charged if there is both a 0 and 00 discovered in the book?
If both bench personnel (have not yet played) 0 and 00 are in the book which is discovered after the jump ball, to whom is the technical foul charged?
Do both 0 and 00 have to play (participate as players in the game) for either type of technical foul, team or head coach, to be charged?
Can it ever occur that both a team technical foul and a head coach technical foul are charged in the same game for 0 and 00 in the book and both playing later in the game?
After technical fouls, or either type, are charged, can both 0 and 00 then "legally" participate (play in the game) (unlike identical numbers, which I believe, can never both play in the game)?
I'm so confused that I don't even know how to ask all the permutations of my questions.
Help.
I'm so confused.
Can someone please shed some light on this purely academic (probably won't happen in a real game) situation?
Any
simple reminders?