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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: IZZA 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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  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 ISAs
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  Board of Directors met this Monday, with the board finalizing
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  expectations for the thirty five second shot clock, which will
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  be required for varsity boys and girls basketball contests beginning
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  with the upcoming twenty twenty six to twenty seven is
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  A season. It is important that we provide clear cut
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  guidelines to our schools on the expectations for the shot
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  clock as we move toward the twenty twenty six to
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  twenty seven season, said i ISSA executive director Craig Anderson.
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  We believe our board was forward thinking and providing significant
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  planning time for schools to prepare for the shot clock.
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  It is imperative that all schools are afforded the same
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  competitive experience and that every student athlete competes under consistent
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  conditions By establishing these expectations, schools have had ample opportunity
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  to budget, plan and install the necessary equipment, ensuring an
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  equitable environment. The introduction of the shot clock this coming
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  winter had some teeth added to it Monday, with the
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  board accepting a recommendation of the ISA Basketball Advisory Committee
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  by adding State Association Adoption number four. It reads a
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  school may not host a varsity contest if a shot
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  clock is not installed or is not properly mounted on
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  the backboard in the primary gym. In accordance with NFHS rules,
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  the host school must secure an alternate facility or allow
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  the opponent to host the contest. If the host school
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  is unable to secure a gym with functioning shot clocks
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  and the opposing school cannot host, the games shall be
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  forfeited by the home team. For secondary gyms used in
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  tournament or other settings that do not have permanent shot
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  clocks attached to the backboard, Adoption number four adds that
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  shot clocks must be mounted on the wall behind the basket,
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  at or above the backboard, and must be clearly visible
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  and unobstructed. The shot clock is optional for non varsity contests.
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  The shot clock in Illinois High school basketball has been
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  rolled out over multiple years, with optional use available in
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  shootouts and regular season tournaments beginning with the twenty twenty
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  two to twenty three season. Area staples such as the
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  Plano Christmas Classic, Jacob's Hinkel Holiday Classic, and Decalps Chuck
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  Dateon Holiday Classic have experimented with a shot clock in
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  recent 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 were
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  in favor.