Backcourt Hoops AAU Tournament Rules

All PIAA Rules Except:
· Games are two 16 minute halves with stopped time, except for ages 4th & 5th Grade which play 14 minute halves
· Boys 4th-6th grade (10U-12U) and all girls teams play will use the 28.5 Ball
· Pre-game warm up will be limited to 2 minutes (unless extended by tournament official). Halftime will be 2 minutes and overtime will be 2 minutes.
· If a court is running behind, it may be necessary to shorten the warm up or halftime.
· 5 minute grace period from the scheduled start time before forfeit is announced.
· Each team gets two full timeouts per game and 1 thirty second timeout per half. The thirty –second timeout does not carry over. Overtime includes 1 additional thirty-second timeout.
· Any player or coach receiving 2 technical fouls is excused from the game and will not play in the next game. Any player ejected for fighting will be excused from the tournament.
· 6 personal fouls per game.
· One and one on the 10th team foul no Double bonus
. Last Minute of the game all common fouls (non shooting) will be 1 and 1
· Mercy Rule: if team is winning by more than 20 points in the last 8 minutes the clock will run.  if it returns to under 20  clock will stop  with no mercy rule in effect

Tie breakers used after head to head record

1.) Score differential up to a maximum of 15 points per game.
2.) Least points allowed
All forfeits will be given a differential of 5 points and will NOT be used in calculation of least allowed.

· Payment must accompany entry for team to be accepted.
· Boys’ divisions are determined by grade athlete is in as of September 1st,2010.
· Girls’ divisions are determined by grade  athlete is in as of September 1st,2010  .     
· Rosters must be received 2 weeks prior to tournament
. Players may play on more than one team as long as their name appears on submitted team rosters & Player meets age requirements for each team.
· Make travel and hotel arrangements as soon as possible.
· The schedule for each tournament will be finalized the Wednesday preceding your tournament and will be posted on our web site www.backcourthoops.com.