BBIQ: train your basketball IQ

Most tools teach you facts about the game. BBIQ trains you to read it: recognizing what a defense is doing, reacting to a play as it happens, and building the instincts that separate a smart player from a talented one. Your BBIQ rating shows how well you read the game, and Completion shows how much of it you have explored.

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Quizzes

Rules, terms, history, tactics and the court, lined up at your level. 11 topics, every answer explained.

BBIQ Daily

Five new basketball questions every day, the same for everyone. Two easy, two harder, one very difficult.

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Basketball Dictionary

Every basketball term, slang word and abbreviation, defined in plain language: 169 words with examples, synonyms and levels.

Popular words: Pick and Roll, Blitz, Drop, Eurostep, Backdoor Cut, Horns, Box Out, Help Side, Paint, Splash, Brick, Ankle Breaker

Basketball Rules

Compare 7 rulebooks side by side: what each rule says, what it costs you and why it exists.

Start with: Scoring, Traveling, Shot Clock, Goaltending, Shooting Foul

Basketball History

The origins and moments that built the game: 38 stories on one timeline, and how each one changed the way basketball is played.

Stories: Naismith Invents Basketball, FIBA Is Founded, The 24-Second Shot Clock, The Three-Point Line Arrives, The Dream Team, Ray Allen's Corner Three

Court Zones

Every line, area and spot on the floor, named and explained: the paint, the elbows, the short corner, the wings and more.

How BBIQ works

  • Natural stopping points. Runs end when you say so, and once the daily goal is reached, the rest of the day is a bonus.
  • No guilt, no nagging. One missed day a week is forgiven. A streak should reward a habit, not punish a day off.
  • Answers that teach. Answers link to the pages that explain them, and missed questions come back to be won back later.
  • Sourced and checked. Rules are checked against the official rulebooks, and dictionary entries and history stories cite their sources.

BBIQ is free to play. BBIQ Premium is coming soon: the full Reads Trainer, every new subject, a Personal Stats Room and Report Cards.