1. Names of players, as well as payments in full, are due by Wed March 12th.  The first sixteen (16) teams to submit their registration form AND payment will be guaranteed a spot in the tournament. 

2. Please submit all forms and money directly to Mrs. Muglia (Guidance) or Mrs. Rolon (College Center 2). Digital payment (Venmo: @cindymuglia or CashApp: $cindymuglia) must be confirmed by one of the advisors

3. Teams should be in the big gym by 4pm on Friday, March 14th. Games will begin at 4:30pm. 

4. All teams not playing must stay seated on the bleachers.

5. Games will be half court and 10 minutes in duration. The final student championship game will be full court for 12 minutes. The student vs. teacher game will be full court and play for 12 minutes.

6. There will be a prize for the team with the best uniforms. ALL UNIFORMS MUST MEET EHS DRESS CODE. 

7. There will be a prize for the winning student team.  The winning student team will also play the teacher team in the final championship game.

8. Review the basketball rules below.  All players should be familiar with the rules before playing. 

9. All referee calls are final. No arguing! This event is for fun--nothing less than good sportsmanship will be tolerated. 

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General Rules of EHS March Madness Basketball Tournament

• The objective of basketball is to throw the ball into a hoop to score points. At the end of the game the team with the most points is declared the winner. 

• For teams that do not advance, there is no “second chance” bracket due to a lack of space and time.

• Each team can have a maximum of 5 players on the court at any one time. Substitutions can be made as many times as they wish within the game.

• The ball can only be moved by either dribbling (bouncing the ball) or passing the ball. Once a player puts two hands on the ball (not including catching the ball) they cannot then dribble or move with the ball and the ball must be passed or shot.

• Each team has 24 seconds to at least shoot at the basket. A shot constitutes either going in the basket or hitting the rim of the basket. If after the shot is taken and the ball fails to go in the basket then the shot clock is restarted for 24 seconds.

• The team trying to score a basket is called the offense whilst the team trying to prevent them from scoring is called the defense. The defense must stop the offense from scoring by either blocking a shot or preventing a shot from being fired.

• There are two scoring possibilities for players: any basket scored from outside the three point arc will result in two points being scored; baskets scored within the three point arc will result in one point being scored. 

• Any fouls will result in the ball being turned over to the opposition.

• After each successful basket the ball is then turned over to the opposition.

• Violations in basketball include traveling (taking more than one step without bouncing the ball), double dribble (picking the ball up dribbling, stopping then dribbling again with two hands), goaltending (a defensive player interferes with the ball traveling downwards towards the basket) and back court violation (once the ball passes the half way line the offensive team cannot take the ball back over the half way line).