Remember it's the Olympics. They put in four quarters because it is not NBA or NBL, so it's not real Basketball.
When they thought that it's too confusing for the referees to blow the whistle 4 times for end of quarters, they thought that they would rather let the referees only blow the whistle 2 times for end of halves.
The NCAA has always had 2 halves instead of 4 quarters. When the professional leagues came into existance, they adopted the "quarters" instead of halves. one of the original rules of basketball as Dr. James Naismith (inventer of basketball) published was for Two 15-minute halves with a 5 minute rest in between.
College basketball is played in halves, with 20 minutes per half. Only high school and NBA play quarters.
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two 15-minute halves you should go to hopkins
this question sucks actually not that stupid of a question? they play 4 quarters in high school? only sport that is same in high school yet totally changes in college? of course quarters only 8 minutes in high school and 12 in nba, so no reason they couldn't have 4 - 10 minute quarters in college? games go from 32 minutes in high school to 40 minutes in college to 48 minutes in nba, understand length goes up, but the reason it goes to halves in ncaa instead of quarters? still don't undertand why they cant play 4 - 10 minute quarters? only sport were high school is more like pro`s then college is?
In College Basketball, they play two 20 minute halves, so 40 minute games.
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Go to http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/USA/summer/1976/BAS/
Go to http://www.sports-reference.com/Olympics/countries/USA/summer/1976/BAS/
28.0625 quarters.
40 minutes (4x 10 minute quarters) Each quarter can be paused for various reasons, causing the quarters to go on longer than 10 minutes, although the actual time on the clock each quarter is still 10 minutes.