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Old Mon Feb 28, 2011, 10:24pm
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SECTION 3 CENTER RESTRAINING CIRCLE, DIVIDING LINE

ART. 2 . . . A division line 2 inches wide, shall divide the court into two equal
arts. If the court is less than 74 feet long, it should be divided by two lines, each parallel to and 40 feet from the farther end line.


I believe that the DL line is still used for the 10-second line, and the BC line for a BC violation. IOW, a team gets 40 feet of FC space in which to work.
In the gym's I've seen this at, the center line is sitll used as the ten second line. Once FC status is attained with the center line, the offense than can retreat back to the 40 line before the BC violation applies.
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Old Mon Feb 28, 2011, 11:09pm
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My son's team plays against a school that has this situation. Their court has three lines - the "normal" center court line for the center circle jump ball and subsequent quarter throw-ins, and then two other lines about 5 feet on either side of that. To get into the frontcourt, you have to cross the extra line closest to your basket (not the center line), and then to have an over and back violation, you have to cross the line farthest from your basket.

Kind of weird the first few times we played there, but now everyone knows and it's no big deal.
I remember doing a few games in gyms like this. Visiting team there for the first time would invariably commit one or two back court violations before getting used to it. Home team coach was quick to remind an official about the rule in case the official should also forget about the rule.
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