Golden Heart Conference

Basketball

TOURNAMENT HANDBOOK

Adopted 3/12/05 (updated 3/22/10)

I. Region II Responsibiliti= es

A. Determine site of Golden Heart Conference Tournament at the fall meeting.

B. = Determine date of Golden Heart Conference Tournament at the fall meeting.

C. Contact vendor to secure awards. Trophies and medals have been standardized by Regi= on II. Region will seek bids for the awards to assure competitive prices are secured.

D.&n= bsp; The rotation for hosting the Golden Heart Conference Tournament is as

fo= llows:

&n= bsp; Allakaket

= C= antwell

= <= st1:place w:st=3D"on">Fort Yukon

&n= bsp; Glacier View=

= <= span class=3DSpellE>Huslia

= K= altag

= M= into

= N= ulato

= R= uby

= <= st1:place w:st=3D"on">Tanana

E.&n= bsp; If= the school responsible to host the tournament does not field a team in the year that they are to host, the next school in the rotation will become the host= and the rotation will continue the following year.

F.&n= bsp; New teams added to the Golden Heart Conference will be placed at the bottom of = the list in I. D. above.

G.&n= bsp; The Golden Heart Conference Tournament will be held in a central location in or near Fairbanks.

II. = Host School Responsibilities

A. Provide playing facilities and officials. Assist with locating sleeping facilities = for visiting teams.

B. Select tournament director.

C. Purchase awards (As determined by Region II handbook and ordered by

= Secretary after the fall meeting when sites are set).

D. Make arrangements for f= ood for visiting teams (not provide).

E. Provide hospitali= ty lounge for visiting coaches, sponsors, and officials.

III. Tournament Director's Responsibilities

A. Send appropriate inform= ation to all schools in the Golden Heart Conference.

= 1. preliminary letter should be sent the first week of the season and state th= e

= tournament site, date, and other pertinent information, such as availability of

= meals and lodging, and form requesting such information as:

a. intent= to participate, with a March 1^st deadline for teams to commit to participating in the tournament.

b. entire= team roster (to be sent 30 days prior to the tournament and limited to 12 player= s at tournament)

c. team photograph (same as a= bove)

d. academic information (G.P.= A. of prior semester)

e. seeding criteria

f. teams = that leave early forfeit their tournament reimbursement (except for an act of Go= d)

2. Subse= quent letters should be sent to the schools intending to participate and should provide such information as (suggested 30 days prior to the tournament).

a. seeding

b. bracketing

c. coaches meeting date, time= , and location

d. teams participating

e. admission costs

f. housing for fans

g. selection of Board of Cont= rol

h. availability of radio broa= dcast services

B. Selection of Offi= cials

&n= bsp; 1. Tournament director is responsible for providing officials for all

&n= bsp; tournament contests, per Golden Heart Conference guidelines.

2. These officials will include:

a. scorekeeper

b. timekeeper

c. referee (must be state certified)

d. umpire (must be state cert= ified)

e. non -tournament officials such as ticket takers will be provided by the host sc= hool

C. Selection of Board of C= ontrol

= Tournament director will select three (3) administrators* from participating

= schools to form a Board of Control for the tournament prior to the first

= contest of the tournament. Members of the B.O.C. will excuse themselves

= from decisions involving their own school (*Or their designees).

D. Tournament director will provide for the preparation and maintenance of the

= facility as well as all necessary equipment for the operation of the

= tournament.

E. Assign locker roo= ms and sleeping areas (if appropriate) to tournament.

= participants.

F. Provide awards ce= remony at the end of the tournament.

G. Announce (when announci= ng team rosters) and post criteria for team

= sportsmanship award (this includes fans).

H. Provide a tournament financial statement to the participants and the Region

II secretary within 30 days of the completion= of the tournament. Failure to su= bmit this report will result in:

&nbs= p; &= nbsp; 1. = Letter sent to host school principal.

&nbs= p; &= nbsp; 2. = Letter sent to host school superintendent.

&= nbsp; 3. = Letter sent to host school’s school board.

I. Forward the= names of the teams that advance to the State Tournament to

= ASAA within the required time frame.

J. The tournam= ent director is charged with assessing the estimated costs and

= revenues and sending the participating teams a bill for their share of the

= difference. The participating schools will each pay a fee to offset the

= tournament expenses that are over and above the gate. When the tournament

= is over, the director must produce a final profit / loss statement and refund =

= any difference between estimated loss and actual loss prior to making a

= profit for his school. The tournament costs that may be shared are such

= things as: trophies, officials, direct custodial costs, and tournament directors <= /p>

= fee. Monies gained from the sale of advertisement is not considered

= tournament income and does not have to be figured into the tournament

= income prior to refunding the extra money from the participating teams

= assessment (see other B).

= ;

K. Coaches' Meeting<= /p>

= A coaches’ meeting is to be scheduled by the tournament director prior = to

= the first contest.

L. &nbs= p; The tournament director shall receive a stip= end of $400. This fee is to be

= paid from tournament revenue prior to reimbursing schools’ their tournament entry fee.

= ;

Other

A. Host sc= hools must provide the following items:

&nbs= p; 1. properly marked basketball court

&nbs= p; 2. ten foot high baskets with regulation nets and breakaway rims

&nbs= p; 3. scorekeepers table

&nbs= p; 4. team benches with home and visitor properly designated

&nbs= p; 5. clock and scoreboard

&nbs= p; 6. official tournament score book

&nbs= p; 7. official (properly marked NF) basketball, boys and girls

B. Programs will be the responsibility of the = host school, any revenue goes

= to the host school.

IV. Tournament Procedures

A. Game Ti= mes

&nbs= p; A minimum of fifteen (15) minutes will be allowed for team warm-up

&nbs= p; before each game and a minimum of three (3) minutes at half time,

&nbs= p; (allowing time for performing groups).

B. Passes<= /p>

&nbs= p; Players as reflected by roster plus five for: coaches, chaperones, manager,

&nbs= p; and bus driver

C. Team Be= nch

&nbs= p; Determined by host school, but must be consistent throughout the

&nbs= p; tournament.

D. Golden Heart Conf= erence Basketball Seeding Criteria

1. Seeding is based on the winning percentage of the required games between Golden Heart Conference sc= hools. A Conference team is defined as any team that has been assigned to a Confer= ence prior to the previous year's State Tournament. This means that a school that does not field a team any particular year is still a Conference team and may schedule at the customary time and be included in the required home and home rotation with other Conference schools. A school that is new to the Golden Heart Conference, but has been assigned to that Conference prior to the previous year's State Tournament, shall be included in the home and home rotation. A team that is assigned to the Conference after the previous year= 's State Tournament may be unseeded in the Golden Heart Conference Tournament = as it may not have scheduled enough games to fulfill the game requirements. Sc= heduling is usually done at the Golden Heart Conference Tournament and at the Spring Meeting of Region II. Conference teams may fill their schedules and are not required to break contracts to accommodate schools that had not committed f= or the following season early enough to be assigned to, and schedule with, the existing Golden Heart Conference teams.

&nbs= p; 2. Minimum Games to be Seeded

a. One game less game tha= n the number of teams in the Golden Heart Conference Tournament the prior year is required.

b. No more than two games= against any tournament opponent will count for seeding purposes. (If a home series = does not occur, the first 2 games played will replace missed home contests).see-= d

c. If a conference team f= olds, all remaining contracted games will be a forfeit.

d. If a home ser= ies does not occur, the next game played will count as a game for a home series (i..e Tournaments other than Regional or conference).<= /p>

3. Tie Breakers

a. Hea= d to head competition.

This app= lies to games above and beyond the two games used for seeding.

b. Common opponent in Con= ference

c. Common opponent in Region (outside Conference)

d. Common opponent outside Region

e. Point spread-Maximum 15 points allowed per game

1. Head to head-two games used for seeding

2. Against= all common opponents at the Conference Tournament

3. If there is still a tie= , the Region II seeding committee will make the final decision (Refer to Executive Board page).

= E. Tournament Bracketing

1. All Golden Heart Conference basket= ball tournaments will be decided by double elimination tournaments.

2. If th= e number of teams participating in the tournament exceeds eight, a Tuesday tournament game will occur. The team that loses the Tuesday game(s) will be incorporat= ed in the consolation bracket.

V. Tournament Contests

A. Free Th= row Contest

B. Three-P= oint Contest

C. Academi= c Awards

= 1. Determined by previous semester grade point average.

&nbs= p; 2. Ten awards will be given (unless students are tied).

D. All Tou= rnament Team, MVP, Sportsmanship Award

&nbs= p; 1. Ballots are due at half time of last game.

&nbs= p; 2. The Tournament Director and a minimum of one BOC member to

&nbs= p; tabulate all ballots.

&nbs= p; 3. The player receiving the most points on the All Tournament Ballot will be <= /p>

&nbs= p; named the tournament MVP, and receive the MVP plaque. The next 10

&nbs= p; players, (second through eleventh) will be named to the All Tournament

&nbs= p; team and receive a medal.

REGION II GOLDEN HEART CONF= ERENCE BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT

Awards to be presented imme= diately upon completion of the last game.

Free Throws-Boy ___________= __________________________________

Free Throws-Girl _____________________________________________

Three Point-Boy _____________________________________________

Three Point-Girl _____________________________________________

Sportsmanship-Boy (team) _____________________________________________

Sportsmanship-Girl (team) ____________________________________________

ACADEMIC TEAM BOYS:

ACADEMIC TEAM: GIRLS

(10 individual)

________________________ __________________________

________________________ ___________________________

AWARDS

ALL-TOURNAMENT

BOYS GIRLS

___________________________= __ ___________________________

MVP

BOY GIRL

___________________________= __ ___________________________

TEAM RUNNER-UP BOYS ___________________________________________

TEAM RUNNER-UP GIRLS ___________________________________________

Championship Boys ___________________________________________

Championship Girls ___________________________________________

Voting is not to be complet= ed until halftime of the final game. The Tournament Director will set up a room to do the tabulating. Coaches whose teams are playing, need to turn in their ball= ots before the final game.

NO COACH SHALL VOTE FOR PLA= YERS ON HIS/HER TEAM

Please rank, in preferentia= l order, the best ten basketball players (other than members of your own team) that = you observed in this year's Golden Heart Conference Basketball Tournament. Boy's coaches vote only for boys' All-Tournament team. Girl's coaches vote only for girls' All Tournament tea= m. Manipulating the ballot by not voting for ten other players is considered a breech of ethics and will be dealt with by the Tournament Board of Control.=

ALL-TOURNAMENT TEAM BALLOT<= /p>

1. ___________________________________________________(10 POINTS)

2. ____________________________________________________(9 POINTS)

3. ____________________________________________________(8 POINTS)

4. ____________________________________________________(7 POINTS)

5. ____________________________________________________(6 POINTS)

6. _____________________________________________________(5 POINTS)

7. _____________________________________________________(4 POINTS)

8. _____________________________________________________(3 POINTS)

9. _____________________________________________________(2 POINTS)

10. _____________________________________________________(1 POINT)

GOLDEN HEART CONFERENCE BAS= KETBALL TOURNAMENT

SPORTSMANSHIP AWARD SELECTI= ON

Voting for the sportsmanshi= p award is not to be completed until half time of the final game. Please base your = vote on total sportsmanship displayed by cheerleaders, fans, coaches, and team.<= /p>

Please list your preference= as 1, 2, and 3 in that order.

1st Choice____________________________________________ (3 POINTS)

2nd Choice____________________________________________(2 POINTS)

3rd Choice_________________= ___________________________(1 POINT)

The Tournament Director wil= l be available to receive your ballot immediately after half time of the final g= ame.