Southwest Washington 1A League

Basketball S.O.P.

(Boys & Girls)

 

1.                  The league schedule shall be adopted at the March meeting for the subsequent school year.  Proposals shall be offered at the February meeting.  All varsity league games must be played by varsity teams.

 

2.                  Officials for basketball games must be registered officials and cannot be high school faculty members of the home team.

 

3.                  For all league games, the JV will start at 5:45 pm with the varsity twenty (20) minutes after the conclusion of the JV game.  A team not having a JV should notify its opponents in advance.  C – Squad game times are to be determined by the home school.

 

4.                  Once the JV game starts there will be no balls out except for the warm-ups balls and the game ball used in the JV game.  No half-time shooting or players on the sidelines passing or dribbling of balls.  Organized half-time functions such as hoop shoots and youth scrimmages are permitted.

 

5.                  Varsity timers, scorers, and other game officials should be responsible adults.

 

6.                  The home team will wear light colored uniforms (by 2007 they must be white), the visitor dark or contrasting jerseys, both varsity and JV.  If a team has only single color jersey, they are responsible for making arrangements with their opponent.

 

7.                  Each school should send two copies of the team roster—height, position, year in school, numbers of players and season’s schedules—to each of the other league schools at least 10 day before the opening game date.  It is recommended that rosters be e-mailed in Excel format.

 

8.                  Locker room areas:

 

a.       Should be open and available by 5:15 pm.  And the floor should be available 5:25 pm.

b.      Chalkboard/white board shall be provided.

c.       Toilet facilities shall be provided.

d.      Visiting school is responsible for leaving the locker room in good condition, and repair of equipment or facilities damaged by them.

 

9.                  If you can not field a team on league play day due to violation of a school policy, the game is a forfeit.

 

League Standings- (Evergreen Basketball ONLY) Adopted 2-11-09

 

Ties with two or more teams that have already secured district berths will be broke with the head-to-head criteria, followed by a coin flip for seeding.

 

Ties for 1st through 4th place teams in the league standings at the end of the season will be broken in the following manner:

 

1)        Head to head competition

2)        Won/Lost record against play-off teams

3)        Wins against higher seeded play-off teams

4)        Margin of victory against play-off teams, up to 10 points.

5)        Numbers drawn by Athletic Directors.

 

 

Ties for 5th place will be played off in the following manner:

 

1)      Game will be played at a neutral court.   

2)      A tie between two teams will be played off on the Saturday or Monday before the pigtail game. (4th or 5th) or (5th or 6th).

3)      If a tie between three or more teams occurs, we will use the first through fourth place criteria above to determine seeding for district tournament.  The two teams tied for 4th and 5th will play.

4)      If 3 or more teams are tied for 5th place, the seeding criteria above will be used to establish seeding, but the games must be played.