SDSSAA BOYS PLAYING REGULATIONS

BOYS' BASKETBALL

CATEGORIES OF COMPETITION

• DIVISION I - JUNIOR AND SENIOR
• DIVISION II - JUNIOR AND SENIOR
• MIDGET

ELIGIBILITY

• (a) Refer to the Constitution - Art. IX, pages 20-21.
• (b) The official eligibility sheet must be used.
• (c) Players can play for one team and one team only.

RULE BOOK

• (a) All games shall be played according to the rules adopted by O.F.S.A.A. Sport Advisory Committee. Currently this is that of the "National Federation of State High School Associations".
• (b) All teams must use the S.D.S.S.A.A. official score sheet that is available from the coordinator's office.

OFFICIALS

• (a) For all Junior and Senior games, the officials will be under the jurisdiction of the conveners of the appropriate convener and the Supervisor of Officials
• (b) The officials for all senior games shall be registered O.A.B.A. officials.
• (c) @ If there is only one official present at the start of the game, the game will be postponed to a later date. It is recommended that the cost of the bus of the visiting team be charged back to the officials' association.

SCHEDULE

MIDGET - JUNIOR - SENIOR

• (a) The S.D.S.S.A.A. will conduct Midget, Division I (Junior and Senior) and Division II (Junior and Senior) league schedules under separate convenerships. The pre-season and post-season meetings shall be jointly held.
• (b)
  • (i) All teams must indicate tournaments to be attended when requested by convener for schedule development before pre-season meeting.
  • (ii) That if a team cannot or does not meet a league commitment because of a tournament or exhibition game not listed at the pre-season meeting, the game will be defaulted.
• (c) When the S.D.S.S.A.A. hosts N.O.S.S.A. the facility must have a regulation floor conducive to championship basketball.

GENERAL

(a) **The winning team shall be responsible to call in the results to the SDSSAA results line immediately following the game, and to follow up with a fax or hand delivered copy of the official scoresheet to the convener on the next school day. In case of a tie, this responsibility shall be that of the home team.

(b) Each senior coach is responsible to train competent scorers and timers.

(c) The senior, junior and midget teams will play eight (8) minute quarters, stop time.

(d) @ Tie for Playoff Positions:

• Where ties involve the last playoff position(s), tie breaking games must be scheduled.
  
• To break all other ties in the final regular season standings, the following criteria will be used:
  (I) Head to head results, with the winning team being seeded highest.
  (II) If there is still a tie, the team that has allowed the fewest points amongst the tied teams will get the highest seed.
  (III) If still tied, point differential (points for less points against) amongst the games involving the tied teams, the team with the highest differential getting the highest seed.
  (IV) Should the teams still be tied, then the overall point differential between common opponents shall be used.
  
  Tie breaking games will be played at the site of the highest placed seed. Should that site be unavailable, not meet sport governing body specifications or not be able to accommodate spectators, then the game will be played at the site of the lower seed. Should either of these locations be unavailable, then the higher seeded team shall select a site. If the higher seed is unable to access a site, the convener shall secure a neutral site. For scheduling, the convener(s) shall leave at least two days for tiebreakers at the end of the schedule before the playoffs.
  
  In ties involving three or more teams, teams will be seeded using the criteria above, and a minimum number of games will be scheduled to decide the issue. Match-ups will be scheduled considering standard playoff formats (ie. if four teams: 4th vs 1st, 3rd vs 2nd, if three teams: 1st receives bye, 3rd plays second, etc)
• All tie breaking games are designated as playoff games.

(e) Once an official schedule is drawn up and approved by the Executive, it shall be considered as final and no changes shall be made except by direct phone call to the convener. No change may be made less than two weeks prior to the game.

(f) The conveners of Junior and Senior S.D.S.S.A.A. Basketball leagues Division I and Division II responsibilities include:

1. Preparation of a list of the ten top scorers and team standings at mid-season and the end of the season.
2. Make statistics available to the news media.
3. Introduction of all players at semi-final and final tournament games and the presentation of awards via P.A. system.
4. The invitation of education dignitaries to make presentations.

PLAY-OFFS

Play-offs will be held in Junior and Senior in the week prior to N.O.S.S.A. The play-off structure will be as follows:

(a) % Division I

Playoff games at higher placed gym on separate days (if possible). Finals at gym of highest senior survivor. No more than six teams may advance to the playoff round. The structure will be: 1st & 2nd receive a bye, 6th will play 3rd, 5th will play 4th. Semi finals 4th/5th vs 1st, 3rd/6th vs 2nd.

Division II, Midget

Same as Division I

(b) Division II Finals to be held in gyms that can accommodate spectators (i.e. have BLEACHERS) in order to facilitate crowd control.

#HOSTING PLAYOFFS

School responsibilities when hosting the basketball championship:

(a) Teacher supervision for spectators.
(b) Physical preparation of the gym (safety, first aid, benches, bleachers, etc.)
(c) Music for warm-up.
(d) Trained minor officials.
(e) Microphone and presentation table for convener.
(f) People to take care of the gate (float is host school's responsibility).
(g) Custodian being available.

N.O.S.S.A. REPRESENTATION

(a) *For purposes of N.O.S.S.A. entry, Division I will serve as the vehicle for entry to "AA" and "AAA" and Division II will serve as the vehicle for entry to "A".

(b) *Challenge matches, where necessary, will be scheduled by the conveners and played on the Monday and Tuesday preceeding N.O.S.S.A.

(c) *For the AAA representation, if one team represents the Association, it shall be the highest team in the standings after the play-offs. If the two teams are tied after the playoffs (ie. they both lose in the semi finals), then the final league standings will determine the seeding and the top team will represent the Association. If there are two representatives, the highest finisher after playoffs shall be the #1 seed. The #2 seed shall be the league champion. Should the #1 seed be the league champion and the playoff champion, the #2 seed shall be the playoff finalist. If the #2 seed is not the league champion, the next highest finisher for AAA will advance. If the two teams are tied (ie. they both lose in the semi-finals), they will play an elimination game. In the case of an unbalanced schedule, the playoff champ will be the #1 seed and the play-off finalist the #2 seed.

(d) *For "A" representation, when one entry is required, the Division II playoff champion can be challenged by the highest finishing Division I team. When two seeds are required, the Division II playoff champion shall be the number one seed, and the highest placing Division I team can challenge the next highest Division II finisher (after playoffs) for the number two seed. When all teams are in Division II, the playoff champion will be the number one seed and the league champion the number two seed. If they are the same team, the league champion would be the number one seed and playoff finalist the number two seed.

(e) *If a league is comprised of one division, the N.O.S.S.A. representation will be decided based on the championship round. If the championship round creates a tie for the N.O.S.S.A. representation, the regular season positions will be used to select the N.O.S.S.A. representation. There will be no challenge matches in a one division league.

DECLARING UP

*If a team wishes to declare up in a category, they must notify (in writing) the Division I and II conveners and to the Athletic Administrator. The conveners will notify all teams in their division of any declarations. This declaration must be received by 4pm one (1) week prior to the scheduled tie-breaker date. For this regulation, all teams entered from a school in that sport must play in the higher classification.

MIDGET GENERAL

@ The use of man-to-man full court pressure will be permitted effective the start of the 2006 season. There will be no zone defense permitted until after Christmas. Once a team has a twenty point lead, they must remove the full court pressure an only play half court defense. One the twenty point spread is reduced, the team may continue to use full court presssure.

EAST-WEST GAME AND PLAY-OFF RECEIPTS

(a) The Senior East-West games will alternate between Cambrian and Laurentian.

(b) A committee, consisting of the Convener(s) and one coach from each division will be responsible for the funds generated from the game.

(c) The split shall be 50% to the hosting institution and 50% to Boys' Basketball Sport Committee. The Sport Committee portion will be combined with playoff receipts and split according to S.D.S.S.A.A. guidelines.

(d) The Sport Committee portion of East-West funds and Playoff gate receipts shall be distributed according to vote of the Sport Committee at the Post Season meeting.

NOTE

ONLY RUNNING SHOES WITH NON-MARKING SOLES ARE ALLOWED FOR GAMES OR PRACTICES.

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Revised: 28 August 2006
@ denotes changes made at most recent post season meeting

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