TEAMS ARE EXPECTED T0 ARRIVE ON SITE A MINIMUM OF THIRTY (30) MINUTES BEFORE THEIR SCHEDULED GAME TIMES
NYSPHSAA rules will apply, except where superseded below. AAU Age and Grade Eligibility Requirements apply.
The first team listed on the schedule will be designated as the HOME team and is expected to wear a white or light colored uniform.
All Pool Play games will be played with 16 minutes stop time halves.
All 16 & 17 Year old games will be Officiated by three man crews.
All championship round games will be played with 14 minutes stop time halves.
There will be no Shot Clock.
Four (4) minute warm-up will be provided prior to each game. Halftime will be two (2) minutes in length.
Each team will be awarded two (2) full timeouts per game and one (1) 20 second timeout per half.
The one and one bonus will be awarded on the 10th team foul of each half.
A player will be disqualified from a game after he receives his 6th personal foul.
ALL overtime periods will be two (2) minutes in length.
Each team will receive one (1) additional full timeout per overtime period.
ALL overtimes will start with a jump ball.
Each team must provide their own scorekeeper in order to keep the book. The score clock will be operated by SYRACUSE SELECT personnel. The first team listed on the schedule will act as the home team, and their scorebook will be the 'official book' for the game.
Each team is responsible for there own warm-up basketballs. The Nike 4500 Tacktician will be used as the official game ball of the March madness Basketball tournament.
If a situation occurs in which one team builds a lead of thirty (20) points or more in the second half, the game will be converted to running time (clock stops only for team and official timeouts) until the lead is cut to nineteen (19) points or less, or the game ends.
Players are PROHIBITED from wearing jewelry during game competition. All jewelry MUST BE REMOVED prior to game competition. Taping over jewelry will NOT be allowed.
THE March Madness Basketball Tournament HAS A ZERO TOLERANCE POLICY IN REFERENCE TO FIGHTING AND ACTS OF VIOLENCE. ANY PLAYER OR TEAM PERSONNEL COMMITTING AN ACT OF VIOLENCE OR RECEIVING A TECHNICAL FOUL FOR FIGHTING WILL BE EJECTED FROM THE GAME AND DISQUALIFIED FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE TOURNAMENT. EJECTED PLAYERS/TEAM PERSONNEL WILL BE REQUIRED TO IMMEDIATELY LEAVE THE TOURNAMENT VENUE AND, IF CIRCUMSTANCES WARRANT, WILL BE REMANDED TO LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AUTHORITIES. ANY PLAYER/TEAM PERSONNEL EJECTED UNDER THESE CIRCUMSTANCES WILL BE PERMANENTLY BANNED FROM ALL TOURNAMENT VENUES AND FROM PARTICIPATION IN ANY FUTURE Syracuse Select Events. FURTHER, AT THE DISCRETION OF THE TOURNAMENT DIRECTORS, A SINGLE ACT OF VIOLENCE COMMITTED BY AN INDIVIDUAL PLAYER OR TEAM PERSONNEL MEMBER MAY RESULT IN IMMEDIATE DISQUALIFICATION AND DISMISSAL OF THE ENTIRE TEAM FROM ANY FURTHER COMPETITION IN THE CURRENT March Madness Basketball Tournament AND/OR ANY FUTURE EVENTS.
AT TOURNAMENT STAFF/DIRECTOR'S DISCRETION, ANY PLAYER, COACH, TEAM SUPPORT PERSONNEL, TOURNAMENT PARTICIPANT, OR FAN EXHIBITING CONDUCT UNBECOMING TO THE EVENT, MAY BE SUBJECT TO DISQUALIFICATION FROM THE TOURNAMENT AND/OR EJECTION FROM THE TOURNAMENT VENUES AT ANY TIME.
