Southern Junior Domestic Conditions 2020

Team Duties

Teams will be required to supply score table officials for each match in which they play. Each team will provide 1 person or 2 where shot clock is required. If a team fails to provide members for bench duty they will be penalised 1 premiership point for each person they fail to provide. It is the responsibility of the Venue Manager to make an assessment if the conditions are not met and to then apply the penalty as appropriate.Team A listed on the iPad will do Shot Clock and iPad, Team B listed on the  iPad will do Game Clock at Match Manager.

Team Entry Requirements & Conditions

Teams must have a minimum of 7 registered players to enter. Team lists must be provided upon entry. Teams will enter via the SportsTG portal. A $250 non refundable entry deposit will be taken upon entry. This $250 will be subtracted from the total team entry fee. Teams may nominate in Division 1, 2 or 3. The competition reserves the right to adjust divisions as required. For a division to be created it must have a minimum of four (4) teams. Basketball Tasmania retain the right to remove teams from any roster

Player Conditions

1. Players may not fill in down from their original division in Domestic competitions.
2. Players may fill-in in any division above their original division, but may only ever play in 1 team per division. Once a player has filled-in for a team in a higher division they can only fill-in with the same team during the season.
3. Once a player plays 5 games in higher division than their original division they are  locked in to the higher division and can no longer play back in their original division.
4. Members of Basketball Tasmania’s SDP programs may play no lower than division 1
5. Members of Basketball Tasmania’s FDP programs may play no lower than division 2
6. Any player who plays in a CAM Rep team may play no lower than division 1 (exemptions may apply at the discretion of the competition organisers)
7. Any player who plays a game at the Representative level may play no lower than division 1
8. Players may play in any division of an age group above their own. They may only play for one (1) team in the same division.

Game Conditions

1. Match balls will be Molten GF7X size 7 (U18/U16 Boys) or Molten GF6X size 6 (U18/16 Girls. U14 Boys/Girls).  Molten GF5X size 5 (U12 Boys and Girls)

No other brand of match ball is to be used. Teams must supply their own warm up balls.

2. Games will consist of four 10 minute quarters. (Under 10 - 2 20 Minutes halves)

3. There will be no clock stoppage in the first half. Clock will stop for Timeouts and foul shots in the second half. The clock will stop on every whistle in the last two (2) minutes if the margin is 6 points or less.

4. Five minutes warm-up will be allowed, time permitting.

5. Two minute half time break, one minute quarter time break.

6. Two timeouts will be allowed in the first half. Two timeouts will be allowed in the second half. Timeouts may not be taken inside the last 3 minutes of the first 2 quarters.

7. The 24-second shot clock will only operate in U14 (Div1), U16 and U18 age groups. The 24-second shot clock will not operate in any Division 3 matches.

8. Players must be uniformly dressed, including shorts. As per recent FIBA rule changes, players will be able to wear number 0 and 00 and any number from 1 to 99. Penalties of 5 points per infringement may be applied for uniform issues.

9. T-shirts, regardless of style, may not be worn under a playing singlet, even if a medical certificate is provided. As per new FIBA rules, full length compression leggings are permitted. These must either be in team uniform colour, or plain black. If worn by multiple players in the team, all must match.

10. Headbands and armbands may only be worn if their colour is a major colour contained in the playing uniform.

11. Appropriate sponsorship only may be displayed on the playing gear.

12. Draws will not be played out.

13. Up to twelve players may be nominated for any one game. Players must be uniformly attired and ready to play sitting on the player’s bench. The bench chair or referee will remove from the ipad any player not present during the game immediately following the completion of the 3rd quarter.

14. Finals will be played between the top four (4) teams in each competition.

15. All players and officials are to be registered members of Basketball Tasmania in 2018. Basketball Tasmania’s standard insurance cover automatically extends to include all players and officials who are currently registered with a club or association (including travelling to and from). Any unregistered players will not be allowed to take the court. Any player found unregistered during a random audit of matches will cause their team to forfeit any match they have taken part in.

16. All matches in all divisions must have five (5) players present on each team to allow the commencement of match.

17. Where a player’s name has been inadvertently left off the iPad prior to the start

of the match and the player took part in the team warm-up, their name may be added

after the match has started (after consultation with the Officials) .

However if the player is not present at the commencement of the match, and they are

not listed on the iPad, they cannot participate in the match.If the player is listed on the iPad they have until the commencement of the 4th quarter to join the game.  

18. Requests to change match times will not be considered.

19. Mercy Rule: Where a team leads by more than 20 points, the opposition coach may ask the referee to apply the Mercy Rule. In that case  the leading team must not apply any defence to the opposition in the backcourt while the margin is above 20 points.

20. 3 Point line. The 3 point line is not used at the U10 and U12 level of Domestic Comps.

21. The foul shot line remains in the same place for age groups U12 through U18.

22. Zone Defense. Zone defense is not allowed in Under 12 and Under 14 age groups. Players must play the principles of Man to Man defense. If a team appears to be guarding an area, and not following the Man to Man principles a Zone Buster may be asked to adjudicate on the style of defense.  If a team is found to be playing a Zone, their coach will be informed by the Zone Buster to cease playing Zone defense. If the team continues to play a Zone style defense after the request by the Zone Buster to stop, the Zone Buster will instruct the Referee to impose a Technical Foul on the offending team.

Age Grouping

A Players age group is decided by the age of the player on Dec 31 in the year of the season. Eg. if you are 14 on December 31 2019 your age group in the 2019 season would be Under 16. If the player was 13 on this date they would be Under 14 for the 2019 season.

Finals Qualification

Finals Qualification. Players must play a minimum of 50% + 1 games to be eligible to play in the finals series. The Courtside scoring system will be the sole record of games played. At the completion of 75% of the season rounds, a list will be provided of all players who will not qualify at that point. Each player will have 7 days to apply for an exemption from the date the list is released. Exemptions may only be applied for where injury is the cause of the missed games, and a Medical certificate must be provided with each application. The same process will apply at the end of all rounds where any player (not including those on the 75% list) who has failed to reach the 50%+1 game count can apply for a medical exemption before the finals commence.

The format of the competition ladder is according to FIBA Rules: Teams are ranked in

order of premiership points. If two or more teams have equal premiership points, the

results of the matches between the team’s involved (head-to- head, points for-and-

against) will be used to determine their placing. If there is a tie in the head-to- head

matchup, the percentage for all matches against all teams during the season will be

used to rank them. In the case of a three-way tie, the teams will be ranked by points

for-and- against in matches involving the team involved in the tie.

Complaints or disputes

All complaints and disputes are to be put in writing to the League within 48 hours of the

completion of the match in dispute, otherwise they will be considered invalid.

Forfeits

All forfeits must be reported directly to the competition administration. The team forfeiting will be fined $250. The team receiving the forfeit will be noted as winner of the forfeited game 20-0, they will receive full match points for a win. The forfeiting team will not receive any match points.

Teams are not to organise alternative match venues or dates to avoid a forfeit.

Technical Fouls and Reportable incidents

a) Match Officials are required to penalise any player, coach or team Official displaying

obvious dissent and intimidating behaviour towards Officials with a Technical Foul.

Examples of such behaviour are – continual disputing calls, excessive critical comments,

bad language or aggressive and personal abuse towards any Official. In the Domestic League, all technical fouls will require the player to be placed in the “Sin Bin” for 5 minutes. The player may be replaced on court by a substitution. The Courtside system will automatically place a player receiving a technical foul into the “Sin Bin”.

b) If a player, coach or team Official receives a second technical of this nature the

player/coach/team official will be automatically ejected from the match, and must

leave the playing venue. Any player or coach ejected from a venue will receive an automatic one week suspension from playing/coaching in any Domestic or Representative competitions. The “Sin Bin” option does not apply for a second technical foul in the same game. The automatic weeks suspension is only applied for ejection on the basis of 2 technical fouls, not 1 technical foul and 1 unsportsmanlike foul, or 2 unsportsmanlike fouls.

c) Any ejected player can be substituted by another player.

d) Any offences deemed reportable by the match Officials or other league Officials must be reported in writing, using the appropriate Basketball Tasmania report form and in accordance with the Basketball Tasmania Tribunal By-Laws.

Under 10 Extra Conditions

In the Frontcourt - Players to be called for violations and returned the ball up until round 6 (quick explanation of what they did wrong). Ie travel, double dribble etc. After round 6 full rules will apply in the Frontcourt.

In the Backcourt – Referees to stop violations and return the ball to the team in possession with an explanation (on the run) of the rule

No press/No back court guarding: Teams cannot apply pressure in the back court to any offensive player. Offensive players can only be defended after crossing the half court line.

Double-teaming and Defensive Zones: coaches cannot allow any two defenders to double team one (1) offensive player.

The official will stop the clock for time outs, injuries, quarters, and half time; otherwise the game clock will remain running.

The game will consist of 2 x 20 minute Halves

The foul line will be move closer to the basket for all fouls shots . (Coaches/referees discretion)