- Each team will play a minimum of 4 games.
- National High School Federation rules will be followed with the few exceptions
listed below.
- Each player will be allowed a total of six (6) fouls before being disqualified.
- All games will be played in two (2) sixteen (16) minute halves.
- Overtime periods will be sudden death with the first team to score at least two
points declared the winner.
- There will be a running clock in the last five (5) minutes of the game if and only
the point differential is 15 points or more. Regular timing procedures will
resume anytime that the point differential falls below the 15 point limit.
- There will be a one (1) minute rest period between halves.
- Teams will be allowed to call three (3) thirty second time-outs during the
regulation game with one (1) additional thirty second time-out added for an
overtime game.
- There will be a minimum of a four (4) minute warm up period between games.
- A team will reach the 2 shot free throw bonus on their opponent's 10th team foul
of each half. There will be no one and one bonus on the opponent’s 7th team foul.
- NCAA certified coaches and team players are only allowed to sit on their
designated team bench. NCAA certified coaches must wear colored event
wristbands designated for the Showtime National Championships. Coaches that
are not in compliance with this rule will be removed from the bench by the game
officials. Any complications could result in that coach’s team having to forfeit the
game. No trainers, scorekeepers, or managers are allowed to sit on the bench
unless they are certified by the NCAA.
- No game will begin before the time listed on the official game schedule.
- All teams are expected to arrive for games thirty (30) minutes prior to the
scheduled start times. Scorebooks must be filled out and marked with starters
before the official game time. If a team is not on the court at the scheduled game
time an official forfeit will be declared. If any team that is knowingly unable to
make their scheduled game must notify the Tournament Director in advance. In
bracket play, if a team cannot advance, the losing team advances as if they had
won the previous game.
- Players will be allowed to play for one team only. Once a player plays in a game
for one team, she will no longer be eligible to participate for any other team in the
tournament.
- In Bracket Play, the home team is the bottom team on the bracket will wear light
colored jerseys and sit to the left of the scorekeeper facing the court.
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