Tournament rules

Rules and policies for players, coaches and staff.

1 15 Minute Halves      
2 Clock does not stop, unless within 10 points and last 2 minutes      
3 Player Personal Fouls - 5, technical counts toward personal count      
4 5 Minute Warm Ups** Subject to change in order to catch up      
5 2 Minute Halftime      
6 Each team has 3 30sec timeouts, no more than 2 used per half (1 and 2, or 2 and 1)      
 **In Overtime, only 1 TO per team, TOs don't carry over      
7 First OT = 2 minutes      
 2nd OT = 1 minute      
 "3rd OT = 1st Basket Wins, no rebuttal "      
8 Game can start with 4 players, no less or else it's forfeit      
9 bonus @ 7, double bonus @ 10      


Pool Play       
1 head-to-head point differential        
 **total scored points subtracted by points allowed (cap of 15 points max to prevent blowouts)        
 **forfeited games are automatically 15-0 for tie breaker        
2 head to head is first tiebreaker        
         
 Example: PT Diff PG Total PT Diff    
 Team A beats Team B 51-42 9 -3 Team A is #3 seed   
 Team A loses to Team C 48-60 -12     
         
         
 Team B loses Team A 42-51 -9 6 B advances as #1 seed   
 Team B beats Team C 75-40 15     
         
 Team C beats Team A 60-48 12 -3 Team C is #2 seed (head to head, beat team A)   
 Team C loses to team B 40-75 -15