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- `bright cyan`Basketball
- The rules of basketball are far too vast to list out for this game,
- especially when you, as a coach, never actually play a game. What
- we will discuss are the general rules of basketball and positions.
-
- `bright yellow`The Players
- Ten players are on the court at all times in basketball. Five
- players on each of the two teams. Unlike hockey, when someone
- commits a penalty, they do not have to leave the game, but rather
- are charged with a personal foul. In college basketball five
- personal fouls and the player is ejected from the game. In
- professional basketball the maximum is six. A player may be sub-
- stituted at any stop in game play. The five players per team are
- broken into different positions, Point Guard, Shooting Guard,
- Small Forward, Power Forward and Center. Their typical heights
- follow that same order from smallest to tallest.
-
- Point Guards are responsible for ball handling and controlling the
- offense. Shooting guards are just that, shooting guards. Typically
- they, too, can handle the ball, but usually aren't the primary
- handler. Small Forwards can be a third guard, or a third big man
- under the basket, they are probably the most versatile players.
- Power Forwards are big people that play under the basket often, grab
- a lot of rebounds and do their share of scoring. Centers are
- similar to Power Forwards in their duties. In addition, they are
- the most difficult to find, meaning at draft time.
-
- As a owner and general manager of a professional basketball team you
- want to make sure that you have at least one player who can play
- each of these positions. There are in addition to the players
- listed above, players that have enough talent and skill to play more
- than one position. Franchise Basketball breaks these players into
- two groups, Forwards and Guards. Forwards (designated by an F) may
- play either of the two Forward positions, while Guards (G) can play
- either Point Guard or Shooting Guard. In addition, during the
- course of a game, these Forwards and Guards may play both positions.
- for added simplicity, Franchise Basketball does not currently
- support other position combinations (Guards may not play Forward
- positions, and vise versa).
-
- Each game is composed of four (4) fifteen minute quarters. After 4
- quarters, if the score is tied, the teams play an additional 5
- minute overtime. This continues until a winner is determined.
-
- When a team wins or loses the result is stored with all coach data
- and the wins and losses are compiled to achieve the league standings.
- The league standings are located in the Sports Page section of
- Franchise Basketball along with each coaches wins, losses, and games
- behind the division leader. Teams vie during the regular season for
- a birth in the post season playoffs. A sysop configured number of
- teams make that post season (registered version only).
-
- `bright yellow`The Playoffs
- The teams that make the playoffs are determined as follows. The
- division champion from each division of all conferences makes the
- playoffs. Then depending on the number of teams from each
- conference that make the playoffs, the next best X teams are
- admitted to the playoffs. For example, 8 teams from each
- conference make the playoffs (sysop configured). There are two
- divisions in each conference. So, those two division champs are
- awarded the first two playoff slots. The next 6 slots go to the
- conferences 6 next best teams. After the eight teams are
- selected, they are seeded in order by record, and the first seed
- plays #8, #2 plays #7, etc., mimicking the way professional
- basketball sets up their playoffs.
-
- `bright yellow`The Champion
- Eventually, all teams will be narrowed down to one, and that is
- the Franchise Basketball champion. In the unregistered version,
- no champion is crowned. You may assume that the team with the
- best record in the regular season is the champion.
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