IASAS Basketball Handbook

I. RULES

  1. Rule Book: F.I.B.A. (latest edition)
  2. Schools hosting basketball must have visible 24-second clocks.
  3. The official balls are the Molten GG7 (boys) and the Molten GG6 (girls).


II. RULE EXCEPTION

  1. Recommended uniform numbers for IASAS will be 1– 15, 21-25.
  2. There will be no dunking during warm-up time before the games. The penalty will be a technical foul, with two shots awarded to the opposing team.
  3. Tournament Format

IASAS Basketball will be a round robin tournament followed by Play-Off games. After the Round Robin, teams will be seeded 1-6 based on the standings. The initial Play-Off games will be between the #1 and #4 seeds of the Round Robin and the #2 and #3 seeds of the Round Robin. The #1 seed team will play in the premier facility. The same gender play-offs will take place simultaneously so that schools can support both of their teams. The other Play-Off game will be between the #5 and the #6 seeds. The Bronze medal games will be played between the losers of the first round of Play-Off games, while the winners will meet in the Championship game. The Bronze medal games will take place simultaneously with the featured gender being played in the premier facility.

  1. All games shall consist of four periods of eight minutes. In the round robin portion of the tournament halftime will be five minutes in length with a one-minute interval between the first and second periods and between the third and fourth periods. In subsequent matches the halftime interval will be ten minutes and the between period intervals will be two minutes.
  2. When one team leads the other in score by 30 points or more in the second half, the game clock will become a running clock. The clock shall be stopped only for a charged timeout, an injury/blood or disqualification, and immediately following the reporting of a foul if free throws are to be administered.
  3. After reporting a shooting foul, the official will signal the timer to stop the clock. (This will be signaled by the official to the timer after reporting the foul).
  4. Once the official signals the timer to stop the clock, it will be started when the free throw ends if the last free throw is missed (when it is certain the try will not be successful or when the try touches the floor or any player), or when the ball is at the disposal of the opponent if the last free throw is successful (available to a player after a goal and the official begins the throw-in count)

F. Overtime periods will be 4 minutes in duration.


III. ROSTERS

Rosters (up to twelve boys and twelve girls) must be submitted two weeks prior to the tournament and include the following information:

  1. Name:
  2. Grade:
  3. Passport Nationality:
  4. Birth Date:
  5. Uniform number (both light and dark); and
  6. Housing preference


IV. ENTRIES

Not Applicable.


V. SUBSTITUTION

As allowed under F.I.B.A. rules.


VI. FACILITIES

Two basketball courts are required. Both teams should have their pre-game warm-up in front of their opponent’s bench, and the home team will face the clock in the second half.


VII. SPECIAL EQUIPMENT

As specified in F.I.B.A. rules. Exception: A smaller women’s basketball will be used for all IASAS women’s tournament games.


VIII. UNIFORMS

All teams must have light and dark uniforms.

Numbers on front and back with plain numbers, of a solid color contrasting with the color of the shirt. Numbers on back shall be at least 20cm high. Numbers on front shall be at least 10 cm high. The numbers shall be at least 2 cm wide.


IX. OFFICIALS

  1. The number and source of officials is to be determined by the host school. Whenever possible, the host school should utilize host country international sporting organizations to officiate tournaments. The number of officials on the court should remain the same throughout the tournament.
  2. Translation services will need to be provided to ensure effective communication between host country and English speakers.
  3. The official scorer must be an adult.


X. TIE BREAKER

Tie-breaker as stipulated in the F.I.B.A. rules.


XI. PROTEST

See “Protest”, section XVII of “Organizations and General Regulations”, in the IASAS Handbook.


XII. POST SECTION PLAY

  • After the round-robin league play, the 1st and 4th place teams and the 2nd and 3rd place teams will participate in Play-Off seeding matches.
  • After these matches (matches 31-34, see section XIV) there will be a 5th Place Consolation Match for the 5th and the 6th ranked teams (matches 35 and 36).
  • The losers of matches 31-34 will play Bronze Medal matches for 3rd place (matches 37 & 38)
  • The winners of matches 31-34 will play Championship Matches to decide 1st & 2nd place (matches 39 & 40)
  • In the Play-Off rounds for both boys and girls – the highest seed will play in the premier facility- each gender 1&4, 2&3 will play at the same time. The order to reflect the profiled gender.


XIII. TOURNAMENT SCORING Not Applicable.

X1V. MATCH SCHEDULE Please see the basketball match schedule document (excel) that is included in the Forms section.

XV. AWARDS

  1. Championship Team:
    1. IASAS Traveling Plaque
    2. IASAS Championship Plaque
    3. Team Members-Champion Chevrons (14)
    4. Team Members-Gold Medals (14)
  2. Runner-up:
    1. Team Members-Runner-up Chevrons (14)
    2. Team Members-Silver Medals (14)
  3. Third Place: Team Members-Bronze Medals (14)
  4. All-Tournament: The 12 all-tournament players selected will receive all-tournament chevrons