December 14, 1939

BASKETBALL INTERPRETATIONS OF THE BIG SIX CONFERENCE
FOR THE YEAR 1940

1. GENERAL SUGGESTIONS
ae Officials should notify athletic authorities upon their arrival in
town.

be Starting time of games will be as follows:
1) Iowa State: 7:15 pDeme during the week; 7:30 pem. on Friday and Saturday,
2) Kansas: 7:30 Delle
3) Kansas State: 7:30 Dele
4) Oklehoma: 7245 Delle
5) Missouri: 8:00 Delle
6) Nebraska: 8:00 peme

ce The home team shall wear white shirts; the visitors are to dress in
their school colorse

de A copy of the official box score shall be mailed to the Secretary of
the Big Six Conference,

e. The visiting team is to send to the home team, at least eight days in
advance of the game, the names and numbers of all players who will make the trip.

f, Hach school is to exchange with all others squad information, primarily
for pre-game publicity. This information should include number, name, position,
height, weight, home town, year on the varsity, men lost by graduation, veteran
letter-men returning, and any team records which may add to newspaper interest,

Be The type of ball used by each school is as follows:
1) Iowa State: Riddell. :
2) Kansas: Rawlings Naismith Lace, or Rawlings M Cee
3) Kansas State: Rawlings=Wetsmttt ince.
4.) Missouri: Riddell.
5) Nebraska: Riddell.
6) Oklahoma: Riddell.

h. Ten men is the maximum that a coach may take on a trip. There is no rule
on the number that may be used at home.

2 RULES INTERPRETATIONS

ae On balls which go out of bounds behind the basket, the twelve-foot lane
shall be permitted in which to make the pass back into the court. This, of course,
does not apply to out of bound plays following a field goal.

be Whenever a ball is awarded to a team out of bounds in its front court,
the official should hand the ball to the player in the front court, step aside,
say "Play", and be sure the player is in a position to play.

ce In the three-second count in the lane, the five-second count out of bounds,
and the ten-second count in advancing the ball to the front court, it is
asked that the officials use the so-called “artillery man's count". In other
words, the coaches favor a slightly long second as they feel that officials have
been hurrying, particularly the three-second and the five-second count, It is
suggested that officials practice this count with a stop watch.