3 v 3 Rules of the Game (Hoops for Homeless)

Team Roster: 3 player minimum, 4 player maximum, a 4th player is substitute

Game Duration:15 minutes (running time)

Overtime: coin flip determines possession. The first team to score a basket wins the game

Scoring: inside the three-point arc is 1 and behind three-point arc is 2

Shot Clock: referee to warn "stalling" situations.

Possession given to defense following a second warning

Score Limit: 11 points: Win by 2, first to 15 points or 15 minutes end time.

Initial Possession: coin flip

Possession following a successful field goal: defense gets possession ball to be dribbled/passed behind the arc, failing to do so results in no basket and change in possession

Possession following a dead ball: "Check ball" Exchange behind the arc (at the top)

Following a steal, turnover, a defensive rebound: ball to be dribbled/passed behind the arc. Failing to do so results in no basket and change in possession.

Following a shooting foul: 1 free -throw, 2 free throws if foul committed behind the arc, if made basket no foul shots although possession is awarded.

Foul limit per team: 5 team fouls, after 5 fouls all fouls result in 1 free throw.

Penalty situation: One (1) free-throwSubstitutions: allowed in dead ball situations

Referee: 1

Time/Scorekeeper: 1

Time-outs: 1

The ball is considered as "behind the arc" when the offensive player in possession of the ball has both feet behind the two-point line