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IHSA finalizes plans to introduce shot clock for 2026-27 basketball seasons · Illinois Valley - Shaw Local

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  Speaker 1: IZA finalizes plans to introduce shot clock for twenty twenty
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  six to twenty seven basketball seasons. Written by JT. Penalty,
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  This article is being read by an automated voice brought
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  to you by everlet Ready or not. The shot clock
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  is coming to Illinois high school basketball this winter. The
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  Illinois High School Association, for its part, is trying to
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  make certain schools are more ready than not. The issa's
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  Board of Directors met Monday, with the board finalizing expectations
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  for the thirty five second shot clock, which will be
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  required for varsity boys and girls basketball contests beginning with
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  the upcoming twenty twenty six to twenty seven SS season.
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  It is important that we provide clearcut guidelines to our
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  schools on the expectations for the shot clock as we
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  move toward the twenty six to twenty seven season. IS
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  Executive director Craig Anderson said, we believe our board was
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  forward thinking and providing significant planning time for schools to
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  prepare for the shot clock. It is imperative that all
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  schools are afforded the same competitive experience and that every
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  student athlete competes under consistent conditions. By establishing these expectations,
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  schools have had ample opportunity to budget, plan and install
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  the necessary equipment, ensuring an equitable environment. The introduction of
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  the shot clock this coming winter had some teeth added
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  to it Monday, with the board accepting a recommendation of
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  the ISA Basketball Advisory Committee by adding State Association Adoption
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  number four. It reads a school may not host a
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  varsity contest if a shot clock is not installed or
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  is not properly mounted on the backboard in the primary
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  gym in accordance with NFHS rules, the host school must
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  secure an alternate facility or allow the opponent to host
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  the contest. If the host school is unable to secure,
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  you're a gym with functioning shot clocks and the opposing
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  school cannot host, the games shall be forfefited by the
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  home team. For secondary gyms used in tournament or other
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  settings that do not have permanent shot clocks attached to
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  the backboard, Adoption number four adds that shot clocks must
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  be mounted on the wall behind the basket, at or
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  above the backboard, and must be clearly visible and unobstructed.
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  The shot clock is optional for non varsity contests. The
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  shot clock in Illinois High school basketball has been rolled
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  out over multiple years, with optional use available in shootouts
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  and regular season tournaments beginning with the twenty twenty two
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  to twenty three season. Area staples such as the Plano
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  Christmas Classic, Jacob's Hinkle Holiday Classic, and Decalps Chuck Dateon
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  Holiday Classic have experimented with a shot clock in recent
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  years under that waiver. In June of twenty twenty four,
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  the ITS have voted to implement a thirty five second
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  shot clock for all varsity games beginning with the twenty
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  twenty six to twenty seven season. At the same meeting,
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  the board made the shot clock an option for regular
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  season games in twenty twenty four to twenty five and
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  twenty twenty five to twenty six when mutually agreed upon
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  by the competing teams. Entering the twenty five to twenty
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  six high school basketball season, twenty nine states required the
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  use of the shot clock, while three others offered it
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  as an option. Illinois and Oklahoma are both adopting the
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  shot clock for the twenty twenty six to twenty seven season,
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  while New Jersey twenty twenty seven to twenty eight and
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  Pennsylvania twenty twenty eight to twenty nine have announced plans
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  to add the shot clock in coming seasons. A statewide
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  survey of high school coaches in Illinois conducted by the
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  Illinois Basketball Coaches Association IBCA and twenty twenty revealed that
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  seventy five percent of the boys head coaches in the
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  state supported the implementation of the shot clock, while sixty
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  eight percent percent of the girls coaches who responded, we're
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  in favor