26th Annual Flyin' Irish Basketball Invitational

SPORTSMANSHIP:

As current and future leaders of the military, we are held to a higher standard of conduct and discipline than ordinary citizens. As such, it is imperative that every player, coach, and staff member exercise outstanding sportsmanship this weekend. The weekend will involve competitive play on the court, but please make sure that the heat of competition does not affect your ability to act with proper sportsmanship and professionalism. Failure to do so will result in disciplinary action by the tournament staff and may result in dismissal from the tournament. We are glad to host this tournament to foster camaraderie among our sister services. Enjoy the tournament and good luck to all teams!

RULES:

1) Game Time: Teams must be at their courts 15 minutes before game time. Teams that are not on the court at the official game time may be subject to forfeit at the discretion of the tournament director.
2) Players: Games are 5-on-5, on full-court, and are officiated. Cadre games are 3-on-3, on half-court, and are not officiated. All student teams must have numbered jerseys. Females may play on a male team if there are not enough for a full team.
3) Clock: There will be two 20-minute halves per game. The first 18 minutes of the half are continuous clock, while the final two minutes will be run under normal NCAA rules, stopping for fouls, possession changes, etc. There will be one 5-minute halftime.
4) Overtime: Each overtime period will be 3 minutes. The first two minutes will be continuous clock, while the last minute will be with a stopping clock.
5) Time-outs: Each team will have 3, one minute time outs per game and one more per overtime.
6) Fouls: Referees will enforce standard NCAA foul rules. After a teams seventh foul in a half, a one-and-one bonus situation will occur. After ten team fouls in a half, two free throws will be awarded to the opposing team. Each player is allowed five personal fouls before fouling out.
7) Technical fouls: Technical fouls result in two foul shots and the ball for the opposing team. Two technical fouls will result in the ejection of that individual from the game and the next game. This applies to the team's bench as well.
8) 3 Point Shots: The old, shorter 3 point line will be used for all courts since not every court has the new line painted on it.
9) No jewelry is permitted.
10) All rulings of the referees, on the court, will stand. As officer candidates and officers, everyone needs to respect the position of the referee.
11) NEW Team Size: There will be a rule change in effect this year concerning the size of teams. Teams may only dress 12 players for each game. Teams are allowed to be larger, but only the 12 players will be allowed to enter the game. Teams will be allowed to dress different players for different games.

ELIGIBILITY:

All teams must have a cadre chaperone for liability purposes. All players in the tournament must be ROTC students. Staff may play only in the separate cadre bracket. Newly commissioned officers (commissioned at the end of or after the Fall term of the present academic year) are allowed to play on the student teams as long as they were on the roster prior to commissioning and have not yet entered Active duty (i.e., ADD-Lieutenants and Gold Bars can play only in the cadre bracket.). If you have any questions regarding eligibility of one of your players, please ask the tournament staff before playing your first game. Violation of eligibility requirements is grounds for disqualification from the tournament.

PLAYOFFS:

For the male division, the first place team from each bracket will advance to the playoffs. For the female division, the first team from each bracket will advance to the playoffs. The male division will have five wildcard teams to advance to playoffs (11 bracket winners + 5 wildcards = 16 playoff teams. 16 teams play down to 8 then 4 then 2). The female division will have no wildcard teams (4 bracket winners play down to 2 finalists). Tiebreakers for rankings will go as follows: Win/Loss Record, Points Differential**, Fewest Technical Fouls, and finally Points-For. The rankings will determine placement in the playoff bracket. The playoffs are single- elimination. There is no consolation bracket.

** Point differential, but there will be a 30 point mercy rule. If in the second half, a team is winning by more than 30 points the game will be called off. If the losing team, at that time, decides to continue play, play will resume as before and points will be tallied as before. If at anytime, the losing team (if down by 30 points or more) decides to call off the game, they can. If the differential is 30 points or more, the clock will continue to run in the last two minutes. We hope both teams will demonstrate sportsmanship in this event.