Thread: halfcourt rule
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Old Tue Feb 15, 2005, 02:03pm
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Originally posted by yzrider3
it has been i few years since i have played basketball, and i went to my step isters game last night...middle school/highschool level. correct me if I am wrong, but I thought that when a basket is made, and the point is bringing the ball down, the other team cannot cross halfcourt. Then, at the end of the game there is a 2 minute rule where, to prevent a point guard, or anyone else from standing on the other side of halfcourt and dribbling for 2 minutes, the other team can cross over.
yzrider3,
Sounds vaguely familiar from 40 years ago. (circa 1963)
Now, however, there are no such restrictions on playing defense in the back court, unless it is a local rule of some sort.
The 'very bad refs' you saw may not be old enough to remember the archaic rules of yesteryear.
mick
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