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  2. Twenty-one (basketball) - Wikipedia

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    Twenty-one, also called play21basketball, cutthroat, hustle, tip-it, noyceball, roughhouse, scutter, rough, or rebound [1] is a popular variation of street basketball.The game is played with any number of players on a half court, but typically when not enough players are available to at least play three-on-three.

  3. Outline of basketball - Wikipedia

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    Basketball is a ball game and team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules. Since being developed by James Naismith as a non-contact game that almost anyone can play, basketball has undergone many different rule variations ...

  4. Rules of basketball - Wikipedia

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    Typewritten first draft of the rules of basketball by Naismith. On 15 January 1892, James Naismith published his rules for the game of "Basket Ball" that he invented: [1] The original game played under these rules was quite different from the one played today as there was no dribbling, dunking, three-pointers, or shot clock, and goal tending was legal.

  5. All The Rules You Didn't Realize Women's College Basketball ...

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    From in-game conduct regulations to uniform mandates and academic standards, here are the rules you might not know women's NCAA basketball players follow. Fighting leads to an automatic ejection.

  6. Shot clock - Wikipedia

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    The National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS), which sets rules for high school basketball in the U.S., does not mandate the use of a shot clock, instead leaving the choice to use a clock and its duration up to each individual state association. In concert with this, the "stall ball" strategy can be used in a state or league ...

  7. Variations of basketball - Wikipedia

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    Super Shot, a mini-basketball game found in many arcades; Different roster sizes. Half-court in Triangle Lake, Oregon. A competitive game of basketball can be played with as few as the team of 2-on-2, 3-on-3, 4-on-4, or 5-on-5. Each team's roster is typically the same size, but an odd number of players may force one team to play with one less ...

  8. Six-on-six basketball - Wikipedia

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    Formed in Iowa in 2005, the league consists of women aged 50 and older who play by 1920s rules and wear 1920s-style uniforms. [15] Six-on-six women's basketball was dramatized in the 2021 film, New Providence directed by Thor Moreno. [16] In January 2023, six-on-six basketball was the focus of an episode of the podcast 99% Invisible.

  9. Basketball - Wikipedia

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    Olympic pictogram for basketball. Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular court, compete with the primary objective of shooting a basketball (approximately 9.4 inches (24 cm) in diameter) through the defender's hoop (a basket 18 inches (46 cm) in diameter mounted 10 feet (3.048 m) high to a backboard at each end ...