Coach fails to replace dq'ed player

[Coach Bill]

Does the coach have to replace the player? Can he choose to play with 4? There was a scene in Hoosiers where Gene Hackman chose not to replace his fouled out player, even though there was an eligible player on the bench. Should that have been a technical?

[jdw3018]

Originally Posted by Coach Bill

Does the coach have to replace the player? Can he choose to play with 4? There was a scene in Hoosiers where Gene Hackman chose not to replace his fouled out player, even though there was an eligible player on the bench. Should that have been a technical?

A team must play with 5 if there are 5 eligible players.

That may or may not have been the rule in the time period Hoosiers was set.