Basketball

Fall & Spring Semesters

Due to SHU's basketball frenzy, Basketball will now run in the Fall as well as the Spring. Games are played in the Pitt Center on weeknights, 7pm-10pm. The league begins within a week of classes starting and ends just before finals with playoffs and a championship game.Teams may have 1-2 games per week. There are two leagues - one for men and one for women. One team may be selected to represent SHU in a regional tournament!

Basketball Skills Showcase | Spring Semester

Come to the Pitt and show off your basketball skills! Can you dunk? Are you a sharp shooter from the arc, foul line, everywhere? Contestants get three attempts to dunk the ball and are rated for each attempt. The highest score is recorded. Hoop Shoot is a timed game where the contestant must shoot from different marked spots on the court; the harder the shot, the more points awarded for a made basket. The Foul Shot and the Three Point contests are both a timed test on your foul shot and three point shooting skills. Try one, two or try them all!

3-Point Shooting Contest

Contestants have 30 seconds to make as many 3-point shots as he/she can. Assistants help rebound.  

Foul Shot Contest

Contestants have 30 seconds to make as many foul shots as he/she can. Assistants help rebound.  

Hoop Shoot

Contestants have 45 seconds to shoot from a number of designated spots on the floor. Each spot has a specific value when a basket is made - the harder the shot, the more points awarded.

Dunk Contest

Contestants have three attempts to dunk a basketball. Judges score each dunk and the highest mark is recorded. Scores are based on whether the basket was made, difficulty and creativity. Points deducted for hanging on the rim.  

5 v. 5 Basketball Rules

Players

  • Minimum of four (4) players to start the game.
  • Team members must be listed on the team roster. 
  • Rosters are final at the completion of regular season. 
  • Participants may only play on one team.
  • Only 2 SHU basketball club members are allowed on one team.
  • SHU men’s and women’s basketball players are ineligible to play.

Length of Game

  • Two (2) twenty-minute halves and one (1) two-minute halftime.
  • Running clock for the first 38-minutes of play.  The clock will stop in the last two minutes of the second half for dead ball situations.
  • Teams get two (2) one-minute timeouts (clock will stop).
  • All jump balls, after the first tip of the game, will be determined by using an alternating possession arrow.

Mercy Rule

With ten minutes remaining in the game, mercy rule can be used if one team is ahead by 30 or more points.

Overtime

  • 3 minute overtime period. 
  • The clock will stop for dead ball situations.
  • One additional timeout.
  • All fouls carry over from the second period.

Forfeiting/Playoffs

  • After one (1) forfeit, that team loses its forfeit fee. 
  • If the captains meeting is not attended by a team representative, that team loses its forfeit fee. 
  • Multiple forfeits and cancellations may result in a team being dropped from the league and/or not making the playoffs. 

Team Shirts

It would be helpful if:

  • teams wear common colored shirts
  • teams have numbered jerseys

Fouls

  • 7th team foul = 1 and 1
  • 10th team foul = two free throws

Flagrant, Intentional, and Technical Fouls

Multiple intentional or technical fouls may result in a forfeit.

All flagrant, intentional and technical fouls will result in two foul shots by any player on the opposing team that is currently on the court, possession of the ball at half court and possible ejection.

Hall of Champions

2019

  • Men's Spring: Chives

2018

  • Men's Fall: Kevin Durant & Co
  • Men's Spring: Washed Up Chives

2017

  • Men's Fall: Chives
  • Men's Spring: K&D and Co.

2016

  • Men's Fall: Ball Out for Bantu
  • Men's Spring: FFC