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