You're the Basketball Ref: Mind-Boggling Questions to Test Your Basketball Knowledge

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Do you think you know basketball Do you think you know it well enough to take the court as an NBA or NCAA referee and accurately make the really tough calls Well, heres your chance to prove how much you really know about the history and rules of one of the worlds most popular sports.

Youre the Basketball Ref, newly updated with a dozen fresh scenarios, is designed to inform, challenge, and entertain basketball fans. A brief introduction to the history of basketball is followed by an overview of NBA and NCAA matters. Topics range from situations that typically come up in gamestraveling and shot clock violations, for exampleto rules that are just a bit more unusual or, for the casual fan, more obscure. Then quiz yourself on what call you would make in each scenario!

Many of the situations in Youre the Basketball Ref come from real games, but some scenarios are made up to illustrate specific points or rules. So don your stripes, grab your whistle, and take your position on the court. After all, youre the ref!

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Wayne Stewart has been a professional sportswriter for more than thirty-five years and has authored thirty books, including Name that Ballplayer, Youre the Umpire, and The Little Giant Book of Basketball Facts.