2008 Tournament Rules and Regulations
Playing Rules
6.01 National high school basketball rules shall govern play except where such rules are specifically superseded by these rules.
6.02 Six (6) minute quarters will be played in the Grade School Division. Sixteen (16) minute halves will be played in the Church Youth Division. Sixteen (16) minute halves will be played in the Men’s and Women’s Divisions. Three (3) minute overtime periods will be player in all divisions.
6.03 All games shall have at least two (2) referees who are certified to officiate either high school or college basketball games and who are members of officials’ associations selected by the tournament directors.
6.04 The official score sheet must be approved for each team no later than thirty (30) minutes prior to each scheduled game time. Failure to comply with the rule will result in the assessment of a technical foul to the noncomplying team’s coach and awarding of two (2) foul shouts and the first ball possession to the complying team.
6.05 A team must be ready to play at the scheduled game time or a game forfeit may be declared.
6.06 Any participant ejected from a game shall be ineligible to participate in his or her team’s next scheduled game.
6.07 Any protest must be submitted to the tournament directors in accordance with the national high school basketball rules immediately following the incident being protested. Play shall be suspended while the directors adjudicate the protest, and the judgment rendered may not be appealed once play resumes.