All American Basketball League games will be played under the rules and
guidelines mandated in the 1996-97 NCAA Basketball Rule Book, with detailed
provisions for women's play. The following are deviations adopted by the ABL
Rules Committee:
- The official ball used for play will be a "standard" 30"-inch circumference
sized ball (Not the women's NCAA ball)
- Official playing time will consist of four (4) ten (10) minute periods
- Overtime periods will consist of five (5) minutes
- Player disqualification will occur on the sixth (6) personal foul
- A thirty (30) second shot clock will be used
- Halftime will be fifteen (15) minutes
- Time between quarters as well as regulation play and overtime will be 130
seconds
Time-out Format
Time-out format shall remain consistent and standardized leaguewide
regardless of media covering the game (i.e., television, radio, etc.).
Timeouts
Each team gets two (2) full timeouts and one (1) :20 timeout per half. In
addition, there will be a media time-out at the five (5) minute mark (first
dead ball after five minutes) of each quarter. If a team calls a time-out
prior to the five (5) minute mark, the media time-out is eliminated in that
respective quarter.
Length of time-outs
1 - 130 second media time-out per quarter at the five-minute mark
2 - 130 second time-outs per half
1 - :20 time-out per half
There will be no carryover of unused timeouts from first half to second half
(including :20 time-outs). Each team gets one additional timeout for each
overtime period, and can carryover unused second-half timeouts into overtime.
Other Time-out Guidelines
Teams will remain in team huddle until the horn blow for them to report back
on the court after a time-out and half-time.
One horn will sound at the two minute mark (120 second).
Bonus Free Throw
One-and-One bonus begins on the seventh foul of each half. There are no
two-shot fouls.
Optional Inbound Spot
During the final 1:00 minute of the game, a team may use a time-out and then
request to inbound the ball from either the end line or mid-court line table
side.
Player/Coach Technical Fouls (Teresa Edwards' Rule)
Technical fouls assessed to a "player-coach" will count as a technical to a
player. By rule, players and coaches are disqualified on the second
unsporting technical foul.
