DECEMBER 14, 1939

BASKETBALL INTERPRETATIONS OF TRE BIG SIX CONFER*NCE
FOR THE YEAR 1940

le GENERAL SUGGESTIONS
) &. Officials should notify athletic authorities upon their arrival in
towne

be. Starting time of games will be as follows:
1) Iowa State: 7:15 pems during the week; 7:30 peme on Friday and
Saturday.
2) Kansas: 7:30 peme
3) Kansas State: 7:30 peme
$3 Oklahoma: 7:45 DeMe
5) Missouri: 8:00 pom.
6: Nebraska: 8:00 peme

Gs The home team shall wear white shirts; the visitors are to dress in
their school colors.

d. A sopy of the official box seore shall be mailed to the Secretary of
the Big 5ix Gonferenee.

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

f. Each school is to exchange with all others squad information, primaritly
for pre=geme publicity. This informetion 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.

ge The type of ball used by each school is as follows:
1) Towa State: Riddell.
2) Kansas: Rawlings Naismith Leece, or Rawlings Molded Lace.
3) Kansas State: Rawlings Molded.
4) Missouri: Riddell.
5) Nebraska: Riddell.
6) Oklahoma: Riddell.

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

2. RULES INTEPPPY TATIONS

&@s On bells 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.

bs Whenever a ball is awarded to s team out of bounds in its front court,
the #fficial 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.

Ge In the three-second count in the lane, the fiye-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-cel led “artillery man's count". In other
words, the cosches favor a slightly long second as they feel thet officials have