RESEARCHES IN BASKETBALL
Department of Physical Education, University of Kansas
Lawrence, Kansas
Forrest. C. Allon, Director of Physical Education
and Head Baskctball Coach

Ee Re Elbcl, Assistant Professor of Physical Education
Ve We Lapp, Assistant Professor of Physical Education

BIG SIX CONFERENCE RESEARCH

With tho olfmitintion of the eonter junp the desire was to ascertain certain
facts concerning the soedalled fast broak that tho new rulos night encouragee

The Big Six Conference coaches agreed in a preescason committee mooting
to gather and send in certain facts from all of their conference contostse

All held balls or jump balls were tossed up at the nearest 6=foot circles
The possibility of scoring from this position was considered an important find=
ing.

Thirty Confcronce games wore playeds Thore is complete data from 18 gones,
incomplete data from 6 games, ond no data was received from 6 ganese

Three schools were especially diligent in sonding statistics following
each game, while the other three sehools sent partial but not complote data on
some of their gamcs,.

Some rather interesting findings were rovealed in that for Big Six Confore
ence play the average time for each individual movenent across the division line
was 4657 sccondse The number of held balls during an entire game in our cone
ferenee was ascertained, and lastly the possibility of scoring ficld goals after
the toss-up, when the held ball was brought to the circlo, was also determinede

The study is summarized as follows :
le Length of timo consumed in bringing the ball across the division line after
a goal or free throw had been made; complete information from 18 ganes shows
that:
(a) the act was porformed 586 tines for an average of 31e4 times per gano
(b) a total time of 2527.1 scconds was used for an average of 1404
seconds per game, or 2 ning 34 scce
{c) the average time for each individuel movement across the line was
4037 seconds. .
2e Number and location of held balls during games; complete information from 24
games shows that:

(a) held balls oceurred 220 times in one end cirele for an averago of

Gel per gamc 3