Northfield Basketball Association’s 4th-8th Grade BOYS’ BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT RULES Minnesota State High School League Rules will be adhered to with the following highlights and/or changes: 1. Home team will provide official scorekeeper if one isn’t provided by the tournament. Home team will be the first/top team listed on the bracket/schedule. Timekeepers will be provided by the tournament. 2. Lineups must be submitted to the score table 5 minutes prior to starting the game. 3. All games are 20-minute running time halves with stop time the last two minutes of each half. A 20-point lead in the second half will result in a change to running time the last two minutes of the game. 4. Each team is allowed 3 one-minute timeouts per game. No additional timeouts will be allocated for overtime games. . 5. Intermission will be a 5-minute half-time This may be reduced if games are running behind. 6. No protests. Referees and tournament officials will settle disputes on the floor. 7. Overtime will be (1) two-minute stop time period. If the score is tied after one over-time period, the second over-time period will be sudden death. The first team to score a point wins. 8. Technical fouls will not be shot. All technical fouls will be a 2 point award and the ball. A player or a coach will be ejected from the game should he/she be assessed with a 2nd technical foul. A coach ejected from a game will be required to leave the building and will not be allowed re-entry to the tournament. To be clear, a game ejection is also a tournament ejection. 9. The game ball will be furnished by the tournament. 10. All types of defenses are allowed at all levels with the exception of 4th grade; only man-to-man defense is permissible in 4th grade. 11. Pressing is allowed at all levels with the exception of 4th grade. At the 4th grade level there is no pressing until the last two minutes of each half. At any level, no full court press will be allowed by a team who has a 15 point lead or greater. 12. There will be a jump ball to start the game with alternate possession thereafter. A jump ball will be used to start each over-time period.
Northfield Basketball Association’s 4th-8th Grade BOYS’ BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT RULES Minnesota State High School League Rules will be adhered to with the following highlights and/or changes: 1. Home team will provide official scorekeeper if one isn’t provided by the tournament. Home team will be the first/top team listed on the bracket/schedule. Timekeepers will be provided by the tournament. 2. Lineups must be submitted to the score table 5 minutes prior to starting the game. 3. All games are 20-minute running time halves with stop time the last two minutes of each half. A 20-point lead in the second half will result in a change to running time the last two minutes of the game. 4. Each team is allowed 3 one-minute timeouts per game. No additional timeouts will be allocated for overtime games. . 5. Intermission will be a 5-minute half-time This may be reduced if games are running behind. 6. No protests. Referees and tournament officials will settle disputes on the floor. 7. Overtime will be (1) two-minute stop time period. If the score is tied after one over-time period, the second over-time period will be sudden death. The first team to score a point wins. 8. Technical fouls will not be shot. All technical fouls will be a 2 point award and the ball. A player or a coach will be ejected from the game should he/she be assessed with a 2nd technical foul. A coach ejected from a game will be required to leave the building and will not be allowed re-entry to the tournament. To be clear, a game ejection is also a tournament ejection. 9. The game ball will be furnished by the tournament. 10. All types of defenses are allowed at all levels with the exception of 4th grade; only man-to-man defense is permissible in 4th grade. 11. Pressing is allowed at all levels with the exception of 4th grade. At the 4th grade level there is no pressing until the last two minutes of each half. At any level, no full court press will be allowed by a team who has a 15 point lead or greater. 12. There will be a jump ball to start the game with alternate possession thereafter. A jump ball will be used to start each over-time period.
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