http://www.cabocanada.net/main/docs/Official_Basketball_Rules_2014.pdf
Art. 3 Equipment
The following equipment will be required:
Backstop units, consisting of:
Backboards
Baskets comprising (pressure release) **RINGS** and nets
Backboard support structures including padding
Basketballs
Game clock
Scoreboard
Shot clock
Stopwatch or suitable (visible) device (not the game clock) for timing time-outs
2 separate, distinctly different and loud signals, one of each for the
shot clock operator,
scorer/timer.
Scoresheet
Player foul markers
Team foul markers
Alternating possession arrow
Playing floor
Playing court
Adequate lighting
For a more detailed description of basketball equipment, see the Appendix on Basketball Equipment.
There fixed it!
Now we know why Ted the Cubanadian was confused