Defensive matchup

[Mark T. DeNucci, Sr.]

Originally Posted by stiffler3492

Last night, Team A substituted for all 5 players on the floor. Team B's coach requested a defensive matchup.

I've never had this before, and wasn't sure of the mechanic. I just waited to inbound the ball until Team B seemed like they knew who they were guarding.

Is there any prescribed mechanic for this?

In the Ancient Days (), both the NBCUSC (and then the NFHS and NCAA) Rules Books had a Comment or Note in Rule 3, stating that when a team entered three substitutes or more, that the Captain of either team could request a Jump Ball (I seem to remember that the Comment/Note used the term Jump Ball) line-up so that his team could match up his players against his opponents players. A few (it may be more) years ago that Comment/Note was deleted from the Rules Books without any Editorial Comment. It is my opinion based upon eons of studying of the rules, that the mere deletion of the Comment/Note from the Rules, at least in this case, does not mean the request cannot be granted. I would have such a Captian's request a couple of times a year in the Ancient Days. I have had the request made a couple of times since the CommentNote was deleted from the Rules, and I have always granted the request. It only takes a few secones, actually about ten seconds and really does not slow down the game.

MTD, Sr.

Footnote 1: NBCUSC is the National Basketball Committee for the United States and Canada and is the now defunct organization that begat, through asexual reproduction, the NFHS and NCAA Rules Committees.