WESLEYAN MIDNITE MADNESS 3 ON 3 BASEKETBALL RULES

• 3 ON 3 IS A SINGLE ELIMINATION TOURNAMENT OPEN TO ALL CURRENT WESLEYAN STUDENTS
• REGISTRATION MUST BE COMPLETED BY 11/7/2009
• TEAMS CAN BE COED OR SAME SEX BUT ALL TEAMS WILL BE IN THE SAME BRACKET
• TEAMS MAY CONSIST OF 3 OR 4 PLAYERS
• A PLAYER CAN ONLY PLAY FOR ONE TEAM IN THE TOURNAMENT
• GAMES ARE STARTED WITH A COIN FLIP TO DETERMINE WHICH TEAM GETS POSSESSION OF THE BALL FIRST.  GAMES ARE PLAYED TO 13 POINTS (MUST WIN BY 2 POINTS ) OR TEAM AHEAD AFTER 30 MINUTES OF PLAY.
• ALL HOOPS ARE WORTH 1 POINT
• BALL MUST BE “CHECKED” AND “PASSED IN” AFTER EACH BASKET AND DEAD BALL.  BALL WILL BE PASSED IN FROM TOP OF THE KEY AFTER EACH CHANGE OF POSSESSION. 
• CHANGE OF POSSESSION WILL TAKE PLACE AFTER EACH SCORED HOOP
• THE TOP OF THE BACKBOARD IS OUT OF BOUNDS.  SIDES AND BOTTOMS OF THE BACKBOARD ARE IN BOUNDS.
• A FLAGRANT FOUL WILL RESULT IN A FREE THROW ATTEMPT AND THE FOULED TEAM WILL RETAIN POSSESSION OF THE BALL.  IF A PLAYER COMMITS TWO FLAGRANT FOULS IN ONE GAME THEY WILL BE EJECTED FROM THE TOURNAMENT
• PLAYERS MAY SUBSTITUTE ONLY ON A DEAD BALL
• NO STALLING IS PERMITTED
• NO ALCHOLIC BEVERAGES WILL BE PERMITTED IN THE BUILDING.  ANYONE ARRIVING AFTER HAVING CONSUMED ALCOHOL WILL NOT BE ALLOWED TO PARTICIPATE.  TEAMS WHO HAVE HAD A PLAYER EJECTED AND HAVE NO SUBSITUTE WILL HAVE TO FORFEIT THEIR GAME