TOURNAMENT RULES

All PIAA Rules, exceptions:

1. Games are two 16-minute halves with stop time and two 14-minutes halves stop time for 10U - 12U.

2. Pre-game warm-up will be limited to 5 minutes (unless extended by
tournament official). Halftime will be 3 minutes and overtime will be 2
minutes.

3. If a court is running behind, it may be necessary to shorten warm-up or halftime.

4. No grace period, game time is forfeit time.

5. Each team gets two full and two 30-second timeouts per game. Overtime includes 1 additional 30-second timeout. Maximum two 2-minutes overtimes during regular play, third overtime Sudden Death. A championship game will not include Sudden Death overtime.

6. Any player or coach receiving 2 technical fouls is excused from the
game and will not play/coach in the next game. Any player or coach ejected for fighting will be excused from the tournament.

7. 6 personal fouls per game.

8. One and one bonus on the 10th team foul, 2 shot bonus on the 13th team foul.

9. Mercy Rule: If team is winning by more than 20 points within the last 4 minutes of the half/game, the clock will continue to run (No Stop Clock, except for timeouts). Game will be terminated if a team is leading by 20 or more points with 2 minutes left in the game.

10. A player must play in at least one (1) scheduled pool game to be eligible for a playoff game or championship game.

11. A player is allowed to play on multiple teams in different age divisions, only for the same organization as his/her current team. That’s assuming the age and grade of player meets the eligibility requirements. 

12. All team must bring eligibility document for each player on the team. If you are challenged regarding the eligibility of a player, you must produce a birth certificate, current school report card or Student ID with picture birth date and grade prior to next game. If you can not produce any of the documents listed, all games played with the ineligible will result in a forfeit.

13. Protest fee is $100.00 Cash. If you win the protest the cash will be
returned, however, if you lose your protest the money is a donation to the tournament host organization.

 
TIE BREAKERS

Any ties after the pool play will be broken using head-to-head winner. In the case of no head-to-head game or ANY three or more way ties, the following tie-breaking methods will be used:

1. Score differential up to a maximum of 15 points per game.
2. Least points allowed.

All forfeits will be given a differential of 5 points and will NOT be used
in calculation of least allowed.

Updated 3/5/08