3v3 Basketball
In 2008, the Deni Playground Advisory Council started a 3v3 Basketball League. The 3v3 Basketball League is for 10-13 year olds and it is coed. The intramural league runs from Saturday, September 12th till Saturday, October 31st.Rules:
- team is limited to 3-5 players
- players are expected to display good sportsmanship
- team winning the coin toss will be given the ball first
- each possession begins at the top of the key with “one pass in” – it is a half court game
- substitutions can be made at any dead ball
- scoring is by 1’s for a regular 2 pt. basket and 2’s for a 3 pt. basket
- every change of possession must be cleared to the 3 pt. line
- “losers out” – if team A scores, team B gets the ball out front
- game is over when one team reaches 21 pts. w/ the winning team leading by at least 2 pts.
- if games do not reach 21 pts., the leading team at the end of 25 minutes will be declared the winner
- a tie will end w/ a free throw “shootout” btwn. the three players of each team
- tied after the free throw “shootout”, one player from each team will compete in a “sudden death” shootout
- players fouled in the act of shooting receive one free throw and that shooter’s team will be given the ball
- players fouled on a 3 pt. shoot receive 2 free throws and the ball
- player is out of the game on the 5th individual foul
- 1 time-out (1 minute) per team, per game allowed
