Hoop City Challenge

Description

The second annual Hoop City Challenge will take place May 4-5, 2024 in Houston, Texas. This will be one of the most competitive events in Texas outside of the NCAA period. EYBL, GUAA, S40, E40, and strong independents will be in attendance.

• Tournament
• All teams
• Girls: 11th-6th
• Ability: Elite/Competitive/Developmental
• entry fee
• 3 game guarantee

General Information

Spectator entry $20 per day or $30 weekend pass. Cash or cashapp only
Kids 6 and under free
3 game guarantee

Tournament Rules:

Each team will play a minimum of 3 games.

National High School Federation rules will be followed with the few exceptions listed below.

Each player will be allowed a total of six (6) fouls before being disqualified.

All games will be played in two (2) fifteen (15) minute halves.

Overtime periods will be sudden death with the first team to score at least two points declared the winner.

There will be a running clock in the last ten (10) minutes of the game if and only the point differential is 20 points or more. Regular timing procedures will resume anytime that the point differential falls below the 10 point level.

There will be a two (2) minute rest period between halves.

Teams will be allowed to call (3) thirty second time-outs during the regulation game. If the game goes to overtime each team has one (1) thirty second time-out. There is no carry-over of any unused timeouts from regulation play.

There will be a minimum of a (3) minute warm up period between games.

A team will reach the 2 shot free throw bonus on their opponent's 10th team foul of each half. There will be no one and one bonus on the opponent’s 5th team foul.

No game will begin before the time listed on the official game schedule unless agreed upon by both coaches.

All teams are expected to arrive for games thirty (30) minutes prior to the scheduled start times. If a team is not on the court at the scheduled game time an official forfeit may be declared by the tournament committee. If any team that is knowingly unable to make their scheduled game they must notify the Tournament Director in advance.

The home team is the top team in bracket or first team listed in pool play and will wear light colored jerseys and sit to the left of the scorekeeper facing the court.