After Sub's - Requesting Lineups

[Mark T. DeNucci, Sr.]

The NCAA, by rule, provides for a line up as stated in an earlier post in this thread. The NFHS provides for the same line, but not by rule. The NFHS rule book use to include questions and answers within the rules, theses questions/answers have the same status as Casebook plays. Even though the NFHS has dropped these questions/answers from the rules book, the question and its accompanying answer are still in effect until changed by rule and/or accompanying casebook play. This also applies to both NFHS Casebook Plays and NCAA Appproved Rulings (and Casebook Plays, yes the NCAA use to have a Casebook until it went to the Approved Rulings within the Rules Book).

So, to make a short story long, whether the game is played under NFHS rules or NCAA rules, when one team brings three or more substitutes into the game at the same time, either captain may request a jump ball line up at center court so that his/her team may determine who is guarding who. The request must be made before the ball becomes live after the substitution and must be honored by the game officials.