PO Box 2886 Texas Association of Basketball Coaches Sugar Land, TX [email protected] www.tabchoops.org 77487 Vol. XLII No. 8 August 20, 2020 Exceptional Times Call For Exceptional Leadership! To say that the events of 2020, thus far, are leading us to an exceptional 2020-2021 basketball season is an obvious understatement. Limited work with our players this past spring, virtual learning, adjusted opening dates for schools this fall, daily self-health checks prior to each visit to school, are just a few of the many changes we’ve encountered from the beginning of the pandemic. As COVID-19 remains a challenge for all of us, we must navigate through the new school year with different approaches and a positive attitude. Our student-athletes need our leadership as we move forward toward this basketball season. Coaches will have to lead through a season with no tournaments, often earlier start dates for district play, and God forbid, dealing with the possibility of players and coaches absent due to illness. 5A & 6A coaches will need to set examples on how to mold a team that may be missing both players and coaches for a month, or more, as both the football & volleyball seasons start a month later with no commiserate late start for basketball. Basketball coaches are leaders in the community, in their schools, and most importantly, for their young men and women in their program. Your leadership as a Texas basketball coach, while dealing with any cir- cumstances which we may encounter this season, will define the experience for your athletes and parents dur- ing this basketball season. Let’s make the 2020-2021 season exceptional!! I wish you, your family, and your school community the best of luck. Stay well. Best swishes, Mike Carrabine, TABC President On Wednesday, August 12, TABC president Mike Carrabine and 1st VP Angela Spurlock, along with TABC assistant directors Hawk Carter and Bob Wall met via Zoom with Dr. Susan Elza, Brandy Belk and Joseph Garmon of the UIL Athletic staff. Below is information and some rationale that came out of the meeting. • Fall sports schedules have been adjusted by classification based on the percentage of schools located in counties that have mandated restrictions on public contact. • At this time, the UIL is trying to keep winter and spring schedules intact with state tournaments/championships be- ing played at their normal times. • Invitational basketball tournaments have been eliminated this year to reduce contact from large numbers of teams gathering at one site. In exchange, the maximum number of games was increased from 21 to 27. Since the regional tournaments were eliminated for this season, the playoffs will need one additional playing date to finish prior to the state tournament. For that reason the district certification dates were moved to February 9 (from February 13) for girls and to February 16 (from February 20) for boys. • Teams will be allowed to play three games per calendar week this season as long as only one of those games is played during the school week (on a night preceding a school day.) (Many schools are scheduling regular Tuesday and Friday games and leaving the Saturday playing date open to accommodate make up games that may have been previously postponed due to a COVID-19 situation.) • Decisions on whether games are cancelled or made up is left to the District Executive Committees (DEC). • Crowd size is limited to no more than 50% of capacity and procedures for administering local mandates are left up to the host schools. • The number of playoff qualifiers in each class will remain the same as it has been unless circumstances force a re- duction. • If a school choses to cancel all or part of its season, all existing eligibility, transfer and residency rules still apply to its team members if they want to try to play for another school. • The girls and boys state tournaments will still take place on the first and second week- ends in March, and the size of the Alamodome will enable fans to attend and still follow local safety mandates. Calendar 2 Please go to the UIL web site at https://www.uiltexas.org/basketball# for the most up to date People, Places & Things 4-5 information. Coaching Changes 6-8 TABC Roundball Roundup—Page 2 Final Roundball Round-Up for 2019-2020 This will be the final issue of the Roundball Round-Up published for the 2019-20 membership year. The next issue, which will come out in September will be the first publication for 2020-21. Make sure you have renewed your TABC membership for 2020-21. If you do not receive the Roundball Round-Up Newsletter on September 20th, make sure you go online to renew your membership. If you think there has been an error, feel free to give the TABC office a call at 281-313-8222 to verify your membership status. Look for the Roundball Round-Up on the 20th of the month in September, October, November, January, February, March and April. One final edition will be published in the summer of 2021. Be sure to send any items that might be included in People, Places and Things or Hoops for Hope to [email protected]. August 20 Final TABC Newsletter for 2019-20 Members September 20 First 2020-21 Newsletter (make sure you have paid your dues) October Membership Cards Will Be Mailed 21 First Day for UIL Girls Practice 26 First Day for SPC Interschool Practice, Scrimmages, Games 28 First Day for UIL Boys Practice 31 First Day for UIL Girls Scrimmages November 2 First Day for TAPPS Practice 6 First Day for UIL Girls Interschool Games 7 First Day for UIL Boys Scrimmages 12 First Day for TAPPS Interschool Games 13 First Day for UIL Boys Interschool Games December 1 TABC Membership Dues Goes Up to $50 UIL Schools 5 Consecutive Days Off (Must Include Dec. 24-26) February 17 TAPPS District Certification 11-13 SPC Championships - Dallas 9 UIL Girls District Certification 16 UIL Boys District Certification March 4-6 UIL Girls State Tournament at the Alamodome 4-5 TAPPS 1A, 2A, 3A State Championships 5-6 TAPPS 4A, 5A, 6A State Championships 11-13 UIL Boys State Tournament at the Alamodome May 1 Last Day to Pre-Register for TABC Clinic 13-15 TABC Clinic in San Antonio June TABC Camp of Champs - Southwestern University TBA Girls HS Team Camp TBA Girls 14U Camp TBA Boys and Girls Fundamental Camp TBA Boys 14U Camp TBA Boys HS Camp 18-20 Summer State Tournament 25-27 NCAA Showcase Window TABC Roundball Roundup—Page 3 2021 Texas Basketball Hall of Fame Induction Due to the COVID-19 situation, the 2020 Hall of Fame banquet and induction ceremony was post- poned. The Class of 2020 will now become the Class of 2021 and will be inducted during the TABC Clinic in May of 2021. The Texas High School Basketball Hall of Fame Class of 2021 includes Carl Allen, Bill Doty, Erin Grant, Buddy Hawkins, Ken Lloyd, Samantha Morrow, Stacy Stephens and Robert Zamora. This deserving group of Texas legends will be inducted during Hall of Fame banquet in the ballroom at the San Antonio Airport Hilton Hotel on Saturday, May 15 at 6:00 pm. Tickets to the banquet can be purchased online by going to the TABC web site at www.tabchoops.org. There is a link to purchase tickets at the bottom of the News and Events section. Banquet tickets are $40. No banquet tickets will be sold at the door but gallery seating (no meal) will be available to anyone want- ing to attend and just watch the ceremony. Nominations for the Texas High School Basketball Hall of Fame are always being accepted. Below is some information on how candidates are considered and how you can nominate someone. CATEGORIES: COACH, PLAYER, CONTRIBUTOR REQUIREMENTS TO BE CONSIDERED: ACTIVE COACHES MAY BE CONSIDERED AFTER REACHING 900 WINS. RETIRED COACHES MAY CONSIDERED AT ANYTIME BASED ON ACCOMPLISHMENTS. TEXAS HIGH SCHOOL PLAYERS MAY BE CONSIDERED FIFTEEN YEARS AFTER GRAD- UATION FROM HIGH SCHOOL. CONTRIBUTORS MAY BE CONSIDERED AT ANYTIME. TO NOMINATE: PLEASE EMAIL [email protected] 1. Name of Nominee 2. Years (ex. 1956-1959) /Records/School(s) 3. Honors, Stats, Newspaper Articles, Letters of Recommendation 4. Name/Contact Information of the Person Making the Nomination ALL NOMINATIONS WILL BE FORWARDED TO THE TEXAS HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL HALL OF FAME SELECTION COMMITTEE. Milestone Awards TABC presents Milestone Awards to Texas coaches who reach their 300th varsity win and each multiple of 100 thereafter. If you reach one of those milestones during the sea- son, please let TABC know immediately so that we can order your plaque. Plaques com- memorating 300 and 400 wins can be picked up at the TABC clinic or it will be mailed to you. Plaques for 500 and subsequent milestones are presented during a halftime ceremo- ny at the UIL state tournaments. We must send a list of all coaches who will participate in that ceremony by February 1, so please don’t wait until after your season is over to let us know about your achievement. Please e-mail TABC at office @tabchoops.org when you reach your 300th, 400th, 500th and subsequent century marks. TABC Roundball Roundup—Page 4 People, Places and Things Montgomery Lake Creek HS principal Phil Eaton has recovered after spending three weeks on a ventilator due to the Covid-19 virus. He was not feeling well while watching his boys’ team play in the 5A regional tourna- ment but thought it was a sinus infection or his allergies.