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TOURNAMENT RULES & INFO

tournament info

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  • If you choose to pay "Offline" All Checks should be made payable to "Overtime" and sent to the address below:

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                 10725 N Executive CT
                 Mequon, WI 53092

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  • Teams choosing to cancel must notify (info@otbasketball.com) 30 days before the tournament otherwise no refund will be awarded 

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  • the schedule for the tournament will be emailed to each coach on the Monday before the tournament begins

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  • (3) games guaranteed for single-day tournaments

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  • (4) games guaranteed for two-day tournaments

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  • Winning teams will receive medals (Maximum of 12)

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  • (3rd - 6th Grade Boys) will use 28.5 in basketballs / (7th grade & Above) will use 29.5 inch basketballs

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  • Each team must provide a scorekeeper

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  • Only one coach may stand during the game

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  • If you did not receive a confirmation receipt upon registering for one of our events, please check your junk mail or shoot us an email (info@otbasketball.com)

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POINT SYSTEM – POOL PLAY (1 Day Events)

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  • Overall record

  • Head to head

  • Most points earned (all 3 games)

    • Winning team = Gets amount of points won by (Max of 15)

    • Losing team = Gets subtracted points (Max of 15)

  • Least amount of points given up (all 3 games)

  • Back to head to head

  • Free-Throw shoot out

    • 3 girls shoot from each team

      • Most free-throws made wins

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Regular Game Rules

 

  • (2) 18-minute halves

 

  • Clock will only stop the final (1) minute of each half

 

  • Half-time will be 2 minutes or less depending on game schedule adherence

 

  • Warm-ups will be 3 minutes or less depending on game schedule adherence

 

  • Overtime will be sudden death (First team to score a point wins)

  

  • Five (5) personal fouls per individual player will be allowed before disqualification

 

  • Technical fouls will result in 2 points and possession of the ball

 

  • Flagrant or Intentional fouls will result in 2 points and possession of the ball

 

  • After 2nd technical foul participant will be ejected from the game

 

  • Game ejection will result in a suspension of the following game

 

  • On the 7th team foul per half, teams will shoot single bonus free throws (No double bonus will be used)

 

  • A total of (3) timeouts will be awarded for the game. There will be no additional timeouts provided for overtime. Timeouts will carry over to overtime

 

  • Mercy Rule: If at any point in the game a team is leading by 15 points or more, the clock will run through any dead ball, except for timeouts

 

  • Once a team is up by 20, no full-court press will be allowed

 

  • No press or zone allowed for grades 3rd - 5th, Full court press will be allowed for all ages in the final minute of the 2nd half

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ELAM ENDING RULES (Only for Elam Ending Tournaments)

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  • A target score will be determined after the first dead ball stoppage under 4 minutes in the second half

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  • The target score is the leading team's score after the first dead ball under 4 minutes plus 8 points added on to that score

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  • Whichever team reaches the target score first is the winner of the game

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  • Fouls and timeouts remain the same for the Elam Ending

    • Each team gets two (2) timeouts per half​

    • On the 7th team foul per half, teams will shoot single bonus free throws (No double bonus will be used)

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