W. Va. Code R. § 127-3-20 - Basketball (Boys and Girls)
20.1. Rules: Basketball rules published by
the NFHS are the official rules for all interscholastic competition unless
otherwise provided by Commission modification.
20.2. Organized Team Practice: Organized team
practice for girls will begin on Monday of Week 19 and Monday of Week 20 for
boys. The first contest for girls may be played on Tuesday of Week 22 and
Tuesday of Week 23 for boys.
20.3.
Length of Season: The boys' and girls' basketball seasons will end for each
team at tournament elimination.
20.4. Maximum Team Contests: A varsity or
junior varsity basketball team will be permitted to play no more than 22 games
in the regular season exclusive of sectional, regional, and state tournament
contests.
20.4.a. The maximum number of
quarters for a student in one season is 132 exclusive of sectional, regional,
and state tournament contests.
20.4.b. A student can play only six quarters
in one day.
20.4.c. Participation
in a quarter, regardless of time, will be considered one quarter.
20.4.d. Overtime is considered as an
extension of the fourth quarter.
20.5. A high school basketball team is
permitted to participate in a preview and a scrimmage or two scrimmage games.
(See Glossary.)
20.6. Individual
students of a team must have practiced on 12 separate days, exclusive of the
day of a contest, before participating in an interscholastic contest.
20.7. A student may not play or practice on a
non-school team while a member of the school team.
20.8. During the sport season a student may
accept awards only in WVSSAC sanctioned events Awards must comply with the
§127-3-5. Outside the
sport season, students may accept only compliant awards in non-sanctioned
events.
20.9. Middle Schools -- The
above rules will apply for middle schools with the following adaptations:
20.9.a. Girls may begin practice on Monday of
Week 18 and boys on Monday of Week 19. The first contest for girls may be
played on Wednesday of week 21 and Wednesday of week 22 for boys.
20.9.b. The girls basketball season will end
on Saturday of Week 33 and Saturday of Week 34 for boys.
20.9.c. Tournament play on the state level
shall be prohibited.
20.9.d. Boys
and girls basketball teams will be permitted to play no more than 20 games.
Tournament exception does apply. Schools may play no more than three extra
games during the end of season conference/county tournament.
20.9.e. All middle students may play a
maximum of 120 quarters for one season.
20.9.f. All middle students may play a
maximum of six quarters per day.
20.9.g. A member school sponsoring games
involving teams which combine students in 7th and
8th grades must play those games in quarters of six
minutes.
20.9.h. Middle schools are
not permitted to play an alumni game.
20.9.i. Scrimmages: Middle school teams are
permitted one scrimmage. (See Glossary.)
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