2011 DYA Holiday Basketball Tournament Official Rules

Unless otherwise noted, all games are played according to National Federation of State High School Association Rules.

Pool Play (Friday and Saturday)

1.  All preliminary round tournament games (Friday and Saturday games) will use a running clock with twenty (20) minute halves. The only exception will be time-outs and the final two (2) minutes of the second half where the clock will stop on all whistled fouls, time-outs, and violations. 

2.  Each team will be allowed two one-minute time-outs per half with no carryover.  Four minutes for halftime in non-championship games. 

3.  Warm-up and halftime durations may be shortened anytime during the tournament in order to keep games on schedule.

4.  Overtime:  In non-championship round games, there is one two-minute running clock overtime period for games tied after regulation.  Each team will receive one time-out during the overtime period.  The clock will stop on all whistled fouls, time-outs, and violations in the final 30 seconds of overtime.  If the game is still tied after one overtime, there will be a one-minute break and a sudden death overtime will be played with the game ending whenever one team has a two (2) point lead.  No time-outs or substitutions will be allowed during the sudden death overtime, except to replace injured or disqualified players.

Tie-breaker for pool play

1.  Overall record in the three preliminary games, counting only those games played between teams in the same pool.
2.  Head to Head winner.
3.  Highest total cumulative point spread over the three games with a maximum of 13 points differential per game.  e.g. If team A beats team B by 19 points, team A is credited with +13 and team B is credited with -13.  Only games played between teams in the same pool will be counted.
4.  Fewest total cumulative points allowed over the three games, including only those games played between teams in the same pool.
5.  Coin flip.
6.  If the procedure above breaks a three team tie and two teams remain tied to advance to a bracket, consolation, or other Sunday game, then repeat starting with step 1 and proceed until the tie is broken and the runner-up in the pool can be determined.  Essentially, this means step #2 will break the tie to determine runnerup, once the winner is determined.  Please note that #4 does not rank the teams for any purpose than to name the top team.  It is possible that the second ranked team in #4 lost to the third ranked team, and thus the third ranked team advances via the two team breaker at #2.

Note:  Please be available by phone on Saturday night after 8:00 pm if you are in contention for Sunday play.  Any team the tournament director is unable to contact will not advance to Sunday's championship rounds.

Championship Sunday (including championship, semi-final, and third place games)

1.  All championship, semi-final, and third place games (called championship round games) will consist of four six (6) minute quarters with a stopped clock for all whistles. 

2.  In championship round (Sunday) games one minute will be allowed between quarters and six minutes for halftime. 

3.  Warm-up and halftime durations may be shortened anytime during the tournament in order to keep games on schedule.

4.  For championship round (Sunday) games, if the game is tied after regulation, there will be a one (1), three minute overtime with one time-out per team in each overtime; if still tied, a second three minute overtime will be played with one additional time-out given to each team; if still tied, the game will go to sudden death with the first team to lead by two (2) points declared the winner.