2019-20 Basketball Manual
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2019-2020 NSAA MISSION STATEMENT The public and non-public high schools of Nebraska voluntarily agreed to form the Nebraska School Activities Association for the following purposes: • To formulate and make policies which will cultivate high ideals of citizenship, fair competition, sportsmanship and teamwork which will complement the member schools' curriculum programs. • To foster uniformity of standards in interscholastic activity competition. • To organize, develop, direct and regulate an interscholastic activity program which is equitable and will protect and promote the health and physical welfare of all participants. This BASKETBALL MANUAL has been prepared and designed to provide general information for use in the administration of NSAA Basketball competition. It will serve as a guide to the participating schools and will provide for greater consistency between games. The regulations in this manual shall be considered official unless the schools are notified of a change. All coaches and athletic directors are urged to read the instructions in this manual thoroughly and save it for future reference. Assistant Director, Jon Dolliver, is the NSAA staff member responsible for administering Basketball and is the contact person for schools with questions regarding this activity. He can be reached at (402) 489-0386 or [email protected] or Administrative Assistant, Alicia McCoy, [email protected]. APPROVED RULINGS AND LEGISLATIVE CHANGES FOR 2019-2020 NFHS Training Course Requirements – Page 3 Classification of Schools; Class A – Page 4 Eligibility for Sub-District/District/State Competition – Page 5 Class A District Assignments – Page 10 Dates of District Finals Games – Page 16 1 Key Dates Date of First Practice Monday Week 20 Nov. 18, 2019 Date of First Contest Thursday Week 22 Dec. 5, 2019 5-Day Competition/Practice Sunday - Thursday Week 25 Dec. 22-26, 2019 Moratorium District Entries Due: Girls Monday Week 32 Feb. 10, 2020 Boys Monday Week 33 Feb. 17, 2020 Girls C1, C2, D1, D2 Sub- Monday – Thursday Week 33 Feb. 17, 18, 20, 2020 districts Girls B Sub-districts Monday – Tuesday Week 33 Feb. 17, 18, 2020 Girls B District Finals Saturday Week 33 Feb. 22, 2020 Girls A Districts Tuesday – Friday Week 34 Feb. 25, 27, 28, 2020 Girls C1, C2, D1, D2 District Friday Week 34 Feb. 28, 2020 Finals Boys C1, C2, D1, D2 Sub- Monday – Thursday Week 34 Feb. 24, 25, 27, 2020 districts Boys B Sub-districts Monday – Tuesday Week 34 Feb. 24, 25, 2020 Boys B District Finals Saturday Week 34 Feb. 29, 2020 Boys A Districts Saturday – Tuesday Weeks 34 & 35 Feb. 29, Mar. 2, 3, 2020 Boys C1, C2, D1, D2 District Saturday – Tuesday Weeks 34 & 35 Feb. 29, Mar. 2, 3, 2020 Finals Future Dates Year First Practice Date First Contest Date 2020-2021 Monday, Week 20 November 16 Thursday, Week 22 December 3 2021-2022 Monday, Week 20 November 15 Thursday, Week 22 December 2 2020 December Moratorium December 23-27 2021 December Moratorium December 22-26 Internet Information The Nebraska School Activities Association maintains a home page on the Internet at the following address: http://www.nsaahome.org. There are several sections within this home page, including a sub-page for each of the NSAA’s sponsored activities. One of the reasons for the Internet hookup is to offer another means of communication between the state office and its schools, coaches, and patrons. The NSAA Office and its staff members all can be reached via the Internet using this e-mail address: nsaahome.org You are encouraged to check the NSAA home pages where your activity is involved. Here are some of the topics on this activity: •News •Schedules •Classifications •Wild Card Averages •District Assignments •All-time Records •State Championship Records •State Championship Ticket Information •Sub-district & District Pairings & Game Times •District Results •State Championship Seedings & Pairings, Maps & Information •State Championship Results •Nebraska Basketball History •Score Reporting •Video & Photo Order Forms 2 Bylaws and Approved Rulings Governing Basketball All persons involved with basketball have the responsibility to know the NSAA Bylaws and Approved Rulings, which pertain to this activity. They are printed in this Manual. Bylaws and Approved Rulings Affecting Basketball Bylaw 2.8.8 Summertime Use of School Facilities. Member schools may permit the use of their facilities in accordance with the local school board rental policy. Bylaw 3.3.7.2 The Executive Director is granted the authority to require schools to alter travel plans to arrive the day prior to the scheduled state contest if weather conditions so warrant. If a school chooses not to travel to the contest site the day prior to the scheduled contest, the school shall understand that the games will go on as scheduled and if they are unable to arrive prior to the scheduled game time, a forfeit will be issued. Bylaw 3.11.1.4.1 If the weather conditions require a change in state basketball tournament format, the schedule may be changed to permit a school to play multiple state tournament games per day. Bylaw 3.3.9 No high school that is a member of the NSAA shall be permitted to engage in any interschool contest on Sunday. When weather conditions and facilities cause a change in a state tournament schedule, Sundays may be used for competition after 12:00 noon local time as determined by the Executive Director. Approved Ruling 2.1.2 (Medical Personnel at Regular Season Games) Severe injuries, sudden illnesses and other critical incidents do not often occur during school activities, but it is important for every school to have an emergency action plan (EAP) for administrators, faculty, coaches and staff members to follow should emergencies occur. Due to lack of universal availability of medical coverage and other logistical reasons, NSAA does not require that schools have a physician, trainer or ambulance on-site at regular season activities; however, each school should have a plan in place should there be an emergency involving students, coaches, officials or spectators requiring medical attention. Approved Ruling 2.12.2.2 All coaches and volunteers are required to complete the NFHS Concussion in Sports, Heat Illness Prevention, and Sudden Cardiac Arrest Training courses at least once every three years. These courses should be taken prior to any pre-season or regular season physical workouts that the respective coach would be present for or involved in administering. Any course taken after May 1 would be considered valid for the following school year. All first year coaches are required to complete all three courses prior to the start of the activity season which they are to coach. Approved Ruling 3.1.1 (End of Season for Outside Participation Purposes) A season begins on the first day of allowable practices for that sport, as designated in 3.1.1.2 below. The season officially ends with the conclusion of the State Championship in that sport. Students may not participate in outside group instruction or competition once the season officially begins, and outside group instruction or competition may not commence until the school team has been completely eliminated from further participation in the sport. Approved Ruling 3.11.1.3 All games in a four-team basketball tournament must be played within a seven- consecutive-day period of time with no other games played within the interim, except weather postponements. The only exception to the seven-consecutive-day period shall be when weather forces postponement of one or more contests in that four-team tournament. The Board of Directors approved in August 2017 that the coach’s box beginning with the 2017-18 basketball season will be extended from 14 feet to 28 feet in length. The Board of Directors approved in April 2013 that the 40-Point, Running Clock Rule – All Classes A running clock will be used for all regular season games and tournaments and all NSAA sub-district, district, and state tournament games whenever a 40-point differential in score is reached after the first half of play. The clock will run continuously except at the following times: During a called time-out; during a break between the third and fourth quarters; and for safety reasons, such as injuries, the clock will restart with the procedure that would normally re-start these instances. Once the 40-point differential is reached, normal clock operating and time procedures will not be resumed even if the point differential falls below 40 points. Contests Permitted 1. Prior to the first contest date for the winter sports season, only intra-squad games or intra-squad scrimmages are permitted. Exception, Hall of Fame Jamboree Week 21 and Monday and Tuesday of Week 22. 2. After the first contest date for winter sports, a school may have inter- or intra-squad games and scrimmages. a. However, alumni games or scrimmages, or games/scrimmages with non-high school teams are not allowed. 3 b. During the basketball season, a school shall not permit a student who is not a member of the high school's team, an adult, a college student, or alumni to participate in any practice session, drill, scrimmage, or game in which a school team is involved(e.g., boys’ basketball team member cannot participate with girls’ basketball team members, etc.). This does not prevent a coach from being involved for the primary purposes of teaching and demonstrating skills, methods, or techniques. c. Any inter-squad scrimmage shall count as one of the eighteen plus 2 tournaments permitted games. Classification of Schools 1. Schools shall be divided into six classes for basketball competition. 2. This classification is based on grades 9-11 enrollment from September of the year that immediately precedes the one-year classification period. Class A will be classified based on a total enrollment of 850 and above.