Crusader Basketball Tournament Rules

The National Federation Rule Book used by the I.H.S.A.A. with standard 10-foot baskets and the following amendments will govern rules of play.

RULE 1 ELIGIBILITY OF PLAYERS

• A. All players must be enrolled in either the 5th or 6th grade. Players must also be students of an invited Catholic school, or Catholic registered in their parish. Coaches are responsible to see that these requirements are met. Discovery of ineligible players will result in their dismissal from the tournament and forfeiture of all games in which they were participants.
  
• B. Players must remain on the same team for the entire tournament

RULE 2 TIMING OF THE GAME

• A. The game consists of eight-minute quarters of continuous play, except when stopped on all whistles during the last two minutes of the 4th quarter, and the last minute of play in overtime.
• B. Overtime periods are three minutes long. If the game is tied at the end of two overtimes, the third overtime will be sudden death. With the first team to score off a jump ball, being the winner.
• C. Time-outs are twenty seconds long. Coaches and players can call time-outs. Each team will receive two time outs per half (not to be cumulative, i.e., not four per game). Each team will receive one additional time out per overtime period played.
• D. Injury time-outs are granted to allow the injured player to be taken care of by the coach, parent, or medical personnel. Any player requiring an injury time-out must be taken out of the game until the next substitution break.

RULE 3 DEFENSE AND OFFENSE

• A. All teams must employ a person-to-person defense. Zone defenses are illegal.
• B. Half court defense is limited to person-to-person. No guarding in the back court.
  • 1. Back court defense will be allowed during the last two minutes of the 4th quarter.
• C. Illegal offense is described as a failure of a team to involve all players in the offense. A team is not required to involve all players on each possession, but it must have at least three players inside the three point arc while running the offense (i.e., setting screens, moving to get open, etc.). Three players standing still outside the three point arc will be an illegal offense violation. Coaches are to make sure they involve all players on the floor in their offense (no one on one schemes). The penalty for illegal offense is a warning to the head coach on the first violation. Every violation thereafter will result in technical foul on the head coach.
• D. Players may double team inside the three point arc, and triple team inside the key. Penalty for violation is the same as rule C.

RULE 4 SUBSTITUTIONS

• A. Free substitutions allow players to change any time the ball is blown dead by an official's whistle. Players must check in at the scorer's table, and be waived in by an official before taking the floor. Open substitution is allowed for the entire game.

RULE 5 FOULS, FREE THROWS, PENALTIES, THREE POINT SHOT

• A. Fouls occurring during continuos clock time before the final two minutes of the game will be enforced as follows:
  • 1. Non-shooting fouls charged to the defense results in the continued possession of the ball by the offense.
  • 2. Fouls charged to the offense result in the loss of the ball to the defense.
  • 3. Shooting fouls charged to the defense on a missed try for basket, results in 1 point being awarded to the offense, and continued possession of the ball by the offensive team under their own basket;
  • 4. A made try for basket results in the value of the basket (2 or 3 points) plus 1 point, and the defensive team receiving the ball.
• B. All shooting fouls occurring during the last two minutes of play will be awarded two shots.
• C. Free throws will only be attempted in the last two minutes of the 4th quarter, or the last minute of an overtime period. Exception: All flagrant, intentional or technical fouls will be shot, (two shots, and the ball possession) whenever they occur during the game. The clock will be stopped during these free throws.

NOTE: This rule allows more actual playing time for the players rather than spending the majority of the game lining up for free throws.

RULE 6 TECHNICAL FOULS AND PENALTIES

• A. Technical fouls are personal fouls, and team fouls. Technical fouls are penalized by giving the offended team two free throws and continued possession of the ball. Technical fouls on the bench personnel are charged to the head coach.
• B. The first technical foul on any player requires that player to sit out a minimum of two minutes or until the next scheduled substitution break, if after two minutes of clock time.
• C. Two technical fouls on a player in one game, disqualifies that player from further play in that game.
• D. Technical fouls on coaches, and bench personnel are penalized by two free throws, and continued possession for the offended team. Two technical fouls on a head coach will require the coach to leave the gym. Failure to leave the gym will result in an immediate forfeit.
• E. Fan harassment of referees is unsportsmanlike, and will not be tolerated. If your fans are unruly, and disrespectful toward game officials, a technical foul will be charged to the bench.

RULE 7 COED

• A. All coed teams must have a minium of 2 girls on the floor at all times. If a foul or injury situation causes a team to not have 2 girls on the floor then that team must continue with 4 players.
• B. Should less than 4 coed teams register for the tournament all coed teams will be placed in boys bracket.
  • 1. If rule B, is in effect then rule A, will not be enforced.