Iowa six on six girls basketball
February 20th, 2008Some of the best Iowa tourism events are the state tournaments. My grandfather especially liked the girls state basketball tournament. I think it was because his daughter (my aunt) played at state as did my sister. That was back in the days of six on six girls basketball. The rules were much different then. Each team had three guards and three forwards on the floor with the guards on one end and the forwards on the other. No one was allowed to cross the center line, what happened was the three guards would be on defense when the other team’s forwards had control of the ball. If the opposing team made a basket the official would hand the ball to the guard out of bounce under the basket. She then had the option of trying to pass to one of the other guards or attempt a pass across the center line to one of the forwards. Once the ball was in the hands of the forwards it could not cross the center line again without changing possession. It was quite a thing to watch and in many respects it was more enjoyable than the five on five game that is played today.