Tournament Guidelines
Basketball Guidelines
- Teams will consist of 3 or 4 players with 3 players on the court at a time. Players on a given team may consist of all boys, all girls or coed.
- If a team does not have all teammates at the start of the tournament, it will be considered a forfeit
- Games will be officiated by certified officials. Additional rules will be determined by the tournament directors to ensure a competitive environment for participating teams.
- Teams are encouraged to wear similar colored t-shirts.
- Each team must have a team leader that is 18yrs. of age or older. Team leaders must stay with their team until their team wins the division or is eliminated from the tournament.
- All teams guaranteed 2 games
Rules:
- Team Roster: 3 player minimum, 4 player maximum, 4th player is substitute
- Game Duration: 10mins (running time) for elementary level or first to 11pts.; 15mins (running time) or first to 16pts. for middle school, high school and adult divisions.
- Initial Possession: coin flip
- Overtime: Coin flip determines possession. First team to score a basket wins the game
- Scoring: inside three point arc is 2 and behind three point arc is 3
- Score Limit: 11 points elem.; first to 15 points or 15 minutes end time.
- Possession following a successful field goal: defense gets possession ball to be dribbled/passed behind the arc, failing to do so results in no basket and change in possession
- Possession following a dead ball: "Check ball" Exchange behind the arc (at the top)
- Following a steal, turnover, a defensive rebound: ball to be dribbled/passed behind the arc. Failing to do so results in no basket and change in possession.
- Following a shooting foul: 1 free -throw, 2 free throws if foul committed behind the arc, if made basket no foul shots although possession is awarded.
- Foul limit per team: 5 team fouls, after 5 fouls all fouls result in 1 free throw
- Penalty situation: One (1) free-throw
- Substitutions: allowed in dead ball situations
- Referee: 1
- Time/Score keeper: 1
- Time-outs: 1
- The ball is considered as "behind the arc" when the offensive player in possession of the ball has both feet behind the 3 point line