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Rules of Play

 

1. Pool play will be used for all age groups.

 

2. Tie-breaker for pool play is as follows:

          * 2 teams tied - head to head competition

          * 3 teams tied - point differential involving those teams only  

          * 4 teams tied - point differential for all teams

 

3. Maximum point differential is 15 points.

 

4. 2 16-minute halves will be played for all games.

 

5. Teams will be allowed 5 minutes to warm up. Halftime will be 3 minutes.

 

6. All overtimes are 3 minutes.

 

7. Teams will shoot the one-and-one on the 10th team foul of each half.

 

8. NO two-shot bonus.

 

9. Foul disqualification will be five fouls.

 

10. Time outs per game:

          * two full timeouts

          * two 20-second timeouts

          * one additional 20-second timeout for each overtime period

 

11. Home team is listed first on the schedule and will wear light-colored uniforms and sit to the left of the scorer’s table.

 

12. Coaches should fill out a score sheet (provided at table) prior to the start of each game and turn it in to the scorer’s table.

 

13. Mercy rules: Clock will run if…

          *One team is up 30 or more at the start of the 3rd Quarter

          *One team is up 20 or more at the start of the 4th Quarter

          *Regular clock stoppage resumes if the score goes under 30 in the 3rd or under 20 in the 4th

            *Clock will stop for Time Outs during implementation of ‘mercy rule’