Men's Basketball the Pete Maravich Award Nomination Form Due February 1
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NATIONAL CHRISTIAN COLLEGE ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION Men’s Basketball Division II 2020-2021 107 DII Men’s Basketball Men’s Basketball Division II I. GENERAL ADMINISTRATION Administration The National Basketball Committee shall be officially determined by October 15 of each year. The National Basketball Committee shall consist of Regional Basketball Chairs, the National Division II Basketball Chair, and the National Division II Basketball Vice-Chair. The NCCAA Division II Men’s Basketball National Championship and all events related thereto are under the control and supervision of the NCCAA Division II Men’s Basketball coaches and are subject to standards developed by these respective coaches and subsequent approval of the NCCAA Board of Directors. II. ELIGIBILITY A. Individual: All players must be certified as eligible through National Eligibility Chair before the first game of each semester. The eligibility forms must be sent to the National Eligibility Chair before the institution’s first scrimmage of each semester. Each participant in the NCCAA Men’s Basketball National Championship must be eligible under the rules of: 1. His own institution, and 2. The eligibility rules of the NCCAA as set forth in the Eligibility Section. B. Institutional: Any actively participating NCCAA institution that has paid its dues for the current academic year and is in good standing is eligible for the Division II Men’s Basketball National Championship. All teams that qualify shall be expected to compete in the National Championship. All NCCAA member institutions must send to the National Office a completed Declaration of Intent to Participate form by August 31 for all varsity sports. Amendments for Winter sports must be submitted by January 15 (see Forms & Procedures section). III. PLAYING RULES AND REGULATIONS A. Official Rule Book Basketball (Men): National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Men’s Basketball Rules. Rule books may be purchased by contacting: NCAA, PO Box 6222, Indianapolis, Indiana 46209-6222, (317) 917-6222. B. Procedure for Reporting Statistics 1. Monday: Statistics must be submitted to the NCCAA in the form of .XML game files, following the steps outlined at www.thenccaa.org/helpcenter. 2. Game files must be submitted to the NCCAA within 48 hours after the game. However, the mandatory deadline for weekly game files to be uploaded to the NCCAA website is Tuesday at noon (ET). Any amount of missing game files in a week shall count as a missed report. 3. The penalties for not reporting statistics or for being late are: 1st offense – Notice 2nd offense – Warning 3rd offense – $100 fine paid before Regional Championships 4th offense – $250 fine paid before Regional Championships, a loss of postseason awards for the applicable athletes and/or team, the team shall become ineligible for statistical reports and ratings for the remainder of the season, and any further penalties at the discretion of the Administration Committee (i.e. ineligible for postseason play). 4. It is the responsibility of each institution to contact the National Office regarding any technical problems experienced in submitting weekly statistics. Proper communication can eliminate team penalties. C. Top 10 Voters 1. There shall be four Regional Sport Chairs and four at-large voting members, who are appointed by the National Chair in consultation with the Regional Chair, to serve on the Division II Men’s Basketball Rating Committee. 2. Top 10 Voting Procedures a. The Top 10 voting shall be conducted by the National Chair, in conjunction with regional representatives, and be reported to the NCCAA Director of Communications. b. In Division II, in addition to at-large voters (equally representing all four regions), each Regional Sport Chair shall be the regional rater and voter. 2020-2021 108 DII Men’s Basketball c. Regional raters are responsible for submitting regional ratings to the National Chair, who shall then send out all regional ratings to voters. Raters should include explanation/summary as to why teams are rated where they are. Raters may work to get feedback from region teams when developing the regional ratings. d. Regional raters shall then select the Top 10 teams nationally and send to the National Chair. The National Chair shall tally all votes and must send the final ranking along with each regional rating to the Director of Communications by 11:00 a.m. (ET) each Tuesday that has a ranking. e. When casting votes for the national Top 10 Rankings, voters must follow the order of the regional ratings. f. Ties shall be broken by: 1) number of ballot appearances; 2) most votes in highest place; and 3) winning percentage. The team winning the tie-breaker shall receive one additional point. g. There shall be bi-weekly rankings through the conclusion of the regular season, with a final postseason ranking the week following the National Championship. h. National Office serves as the oversight committee. D. Power Rating The Men’s Basketball power rating dates shall start four weeks prior to the week of the National Championship. There shall be a total of three weeks of power ratings. If a team has regular season games after the final power rating, the final power rating shall be updated with the additional regular season dates for the National Championship Committee to use in selection and seeding. IV. GENERAL GUIDELINES FOR POST SEASON COMPETITION A. Date 1. Date: The National Championship shall begin on Wednesday, one week after the Regional Championships have been completed. 2. Future Championship Dates: March 10-13, 2021 March 9-12, 2022 B. Bid Procedure for Hosting 1. Institutions shall submit the bid form (sample bid form found in the Forms & Procedures Section) to the National Office. 2. A copy of the bid shall be sent to the National Chair and Vice-Chair. 3. The bid shall be reviewed by the coaches at the National Coaches’ meeting or via email and they shall make a recommendation to the National Sports Chair and the National Office. The final decision shall be made by the National Office in concert with the sport leadership. 4. Sites for all championship games must conform to all minimum regulations with reference to the court and all related appurtenances as listed in the official NCAA Rule Book. C. General Guidelines 1. Publicity Each team desiring to compete for the National Championship must send a complete, up-to-date roster and a high resolution digital team photograph (with captions) to the National Championship Host by February 1. The Championship Host shall contact the National Basketball Chair regarding each institution not in compliance. The respective Regional Sport Chair shall be notified in the same manner. The institution shall be given until February 14 to send the roster and photograph to the Championship Host. On February 15, the Championship Host shall contact the National Basketball Chair with the names of those institutions who still have not complied. 2. Squad Size a. Participating teams may play all players certified to be eligible. NOTE: Once the roster is submitted to the Championship Director, this becomes the official roster for the championship. b. The team/squad size limit for Regional and National Championship competition shall be 15, which includes players on the bench in uniform and on the roster to compete. 3. Official Traveling Party The official traveling party shall be limited to 20, which can include coaches, managers, athletic trainers, sports information staff, and/or other institutional personnel. 4. Transportation No other money is guaranteed the traveling teams. If the national gate is sufficient to meet all championship obligations, then the excess must be used to offset travel expenses. Travel reimbursement shall be distributed on a prorated basis, as determined by the National Basketball Committee. No team shall receive more than its actual expenses. 2020-2021 109 DII Men’s Basketball 5. Practice Practice for participating teams shall be arranged through the National Championship Director. 6. Game Link All National Championship participating teams shall send out a recent game link of a game of the first round opponent’s choice via email. 7. Timeouts Teams shall receive the normal allotted number of timeouts per game (four 60-second timeouts plus two 30- second timeouts), in addition to one media timeout per half at the first dead ball after the ten-minute mark. 8. Warmup Warmup time between games for the first two days shall be 10 minutes with a 10-minute halftime. Teams for the next game can shoot around for 7 minutes at halftime. Saturday schedule shall resume normal game procedures: 20 minutes warmup and 15 minutes half. 9. Shoot Around Shoot around protocol at halftime of previous game shall be that the teams in the upcoming game shall receive seven minutes to shoot around and the teams playing in the game shall receive three minutes to shoot around. 10. Insurance Each participating institution shall be required to furnish its own accident, medical, life, and travel insurance. 11. National Basketball Chair At the time the National Basketball Chair arrives at the championship site, he/she shall become the Championship Director. If the National Basketball Chair is a participant in the championship, the Vice-Chair shall assume these responsibilities. If the Vice-Chair is also involved, then a duly designated representative of the NCCAA shall assume these responsibilities. His/her expenses to and from the National Championship, and those incurred while there, are to be covered by the Host Institution. 12. Game Equipment a. Uniforms: Each participating team in the National Championship shall bring a complete set of light and dark uniforms for the championship. These uniforms should meet all rule specifications in numbering and lettering. b. Basketballs: The ball used during the games at the National Championship shall be provided by Wilson and the model is the Solution.