Carolina ELITE 2019 Fall Circuit Kick-Off Rules 

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This is a grade based event; players cannot play below their current school grade level as of fall 2019

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Game Lengths

3/4th– 12 min,  5/8th– 14 min,  JV – 16 min halves. 

Halftime and 1st Overtime period will be 2 min

2nd Overtime is sudden death- first score wins.

Teams will be allowed a minimum 2 min warm up period if running behind.

 

Game Time arrival / Home & Away Responsibilities
Games will start on time without any delays due to no shows.  Players are encouraged to arrive 15 minutes BEFORE posted time to be ready to take the open court after prior game finishes.
Team listed first on schedule is home team, and wears white (or light color). Home team is responsible for the official book. Team listed first or on top is home team. 

 

Clock / Clock Stoppage:

Clock will stop as per High School Federation rules, UNLESS if games are running behind schedule. In this event, clock will only stop on fouls, free throws, time outs, and during the last 2 minutes of the game on dead balls. Once a score margin reaches 20 pts a running clock will take effect. Running clock will remain until the margin is below 10pts.

Free throws
Players will shoot 1 and 1 on 8th team foul, and 2 shots on 10th team foul.  Players receiving 5 fouls are dismissed from the game.  Technical fouls count as a foul.

Timeouts
Each team will be awarded 2 full (1 min) & 2 half (30 sec) timeouts per game. They may be used at any time during the game. Each team will be awarded one timeout per each overtime period played.

Bracket or position seeding as follows:

Pool play ties and/or division winners will be determined by the following-
1. Head to head competition
2. 15 point max point differential
3. Least points allowed

4. Total points scored
5. Coin toss

Fouls / Technical Fouls
Players foul out after their 5th foul. Each coach or player will be allowed one technical fouls per game.  A second technical foul will cause players/coach to be ejected from game subject to tournament director’s discretion. After first technical foul, the coach must remain seated for the duration of the game. Any technical foul assessed to a player counts toward 5 allowable fouls.

Responsibilities
All coaches are responsible for the behavior of their assistant coaches and players.  We will enforce a zero-tolerance policy on any/all violent behavior.  Any violators will be ejected with no refund.  Carolina Elite Sports, Any Facility(s) Host, its board of directors are not responsible for any and all injuries.