Basketball

Tournament Note

Admission:
$5 Per Day, Per Adult
$3 Per Day, Per Student
Children 5 and Under are Free!

Doors open at game sites 30 minutes prior to the first scheduled game of the day.

We have a zero tolerance policy toward any fan or coach that loses perspective. Please let the players play, coaches coach and officials officiate.

Tournament Rules:

Regulation Game:
3rd Grade Boys / 3rd Grade Girls / 4th Grade Girls: Will play on a 9' rim.
All other grades and levels will play will play on a 10' rim.

All grades will use an intermediate size 28.5" basketball, except 8th grade boys will use an official size 29.5" basketball.
Two 20 minute halves with a running clock. Clock stops on all timeouts, injuries and all dead balls during the last 1 minute of each half.
Each team must provide an adult volunteer for scorebook and clock.

Full Court Pressing:

Boys: 3rd Grade Boys: No full court pressing until the last minute of the second half and/or overtimes, but only if the score differential is less than 10 points. All other grades and levels: Full court pressing is allowed anytime up to a 15 point lead.

Girls: 3rd Grade and 4th Grade Girls: No full court pressing. The game clock will not start after a dead ball in the last 30 seconds of the second half and/or overtimes until the ball has crossed half court. All other grades and levels: Full court pressing is allowed anytime up to a 15 point lead.

Time Outs:
Each team will receive 1 full 60 second time out and 1 - 30 second time out per half, no carryover to the second half or overtime.

Overtime:
The first OT will be two minutes, with the clock stopping on all timeouts, injuries and all dead balls in the last minute of overtime.
If the game remains tied after the first overtime, the 2nd overtime will be sudden death 2-minute overtime, with the clock stopping on all timeouts, injuries and all dead balls in the last minute of sudden death overtime. The first team to score wins.
If the score remains tied after 2 overtimes, each team will pick a free throw shooter to shoot a free throw. If one player makes their free throw and the other does not, then that team that made it wins. If both miss or make, then the teams must choose 2 different players to shoot. The team cannot choose the same player to shoot until all players on the team have shot. This happens until a team wins.
Each team gets one 1 full 60 second timeout in each OT period; no carryover.

Standings / Tie Breakers:
Game scores, game schedules and standings will be posted on Tourney Machine. www.tourneymachine.com.
Round Robin Tie-Breakers: (When you move down to the next tie-breaker, the previous one drops off and will no longer be used)
1) Record
2) Head to Head
3) Point Differential (15 point maximum)
4) Total Points Allowed