Oregon Boys Large School State Championships

Coaches,

If you haven't completed your all-state voting, please take care of that today. Ballots were sent in previous e-mail.

We are closing balloting at midnight tonight and will calculate results over the weekend.

-Nick

Coaches,

Please see previous e-mail. All polls are updated and ready for responses.

Let Nick know if you need a polling link to your specific division: oabbasketball@gmail.com

-Nick, Steve & Hemingway

Coaches,

Apologies; I was a bit premature in sending out the ballots. Need to fix it to all you to rank players

Will send follow-up when it's ready

-Nick

Coaches,

Thank you everyone for your participation and for making the State Tournament such a fun event to run.

This year, we are compiling all-state teams based on coaches voting. At the bottom of this page, you will find a link to fill out your ballot for all-state teams.

RULES
*Cannot vote for players on your own team

*Rank Players using the following 4 factors (in no particular order) as criteria: Individual Performance, Team Performance, Sportsmanship, Contributatin to his teams team success

*We will used ranked scoring: The Top overall player will receive 10 points; the 10th overall player will receive 1 point. We will use that scoring to form All-State Teams.

!!!ONLY FILL OUT A BALLOT FOR THE DIVISION YOU PARTICIPATED IN!!!

4th Grade Boys (Division 1)
4th Grade Boys (Division 2)
5th Grade Boys (Division 1)
5th Grade Boys (Division 2)
6th Grade Boys (Division 1)
6th Grade Boys (Division 2)
7th Grade Boys (Division 1)
7th Grade Boys (Division 2)
8th Grade Boys (Division 1)
8th Grade Boys (Division 2)

Thank you everyone for your support this season!

-Nick, Steve & Hemingway

Coaches,

Thank you everyone for making the Boys State Championships such such a fun event to run! As of this morning, we have only had about 1/2 of the teams submit their all-state nominations!

We want to send a list of nominations out to coaches by the end of the week. Coaches will vote on all-state teams based on nominees provided. Results won't be posted for a couple weeks, but we can voting to be done while the kids performances over the weekend are still fresh in your heads.

Boys Large School All-State Nominations

Thank you again for making this a great weekend!
-Nick, Steve & Hemingway

Coaches,

Thank you everyone for making the Boys State Championships such such a fun event to run!

This year we compile an "All-State" team based on all-tournament nominations. All-State teams will be posted to our social media pages throughout the month.

At this time, we need all coaches to submit their all-state nominations here: All-State Nominations

Please get these in by Thursday morning.

We will be sending a list of nominations out to coaches by the end of the week. Coaches will vote on all-state teams based on nominees provided. Results won't be posted for a couple weeks, but we can voting to be done while the kids performances over the weekend are still fresh in your heads.

Thank you again for making this a great weekend!
-Nick, Steve & Hemingway

Coaches,

Congratulations on a great season. We are excited to celebrate the conclusion of the winter season this weekend with you in Salem!

By now, everyone should have seen there schedule. If you haven't seen it yet, it can be viewed here: https://basketball.exposureevents.com/230457/oregon-boys-large-school-state-championships/schedule and on the OAB app. We encourage everyone to download the OAB app. Scores are updated in real time as we move through the brackets.

APPAREL PRE-ORDERS - Apparel pre-orders can be done through our web store: https://statetourney.myshopify.com Check it out and we'll have something ready for you to pick up at the Pac Community Center this weekend!

FACILITIES OPEN – Facilites will open 30 minutes prior to the first game of the day. Do not show up early; you will be denied entry while we are setting up.

UNIFORMS - The visiting team has the responsbility to make sure uniforms contrast to the referees satisfaction. Home/Away teams can be viewed on the venue schedule: https://basketball.exposureevents.com/230457/oregon-boys-large-school-state-championships/documents Referees decision and any penalties imposed are final and not up for debate. Make sure you have multiple colors to wear!

SCOREKEEPERS - All teams are responsible for providing a responsible adult scorekeeper. This is a requirement, not a request!!!! This person is admitted free! The "Home" team will provide the scoreboard operator; the visiting team will keep the "Game Sheet". Home/Away teams can be viewed on the venue schedule: https://basketball.exposureevents.com/230457/oregon-boys-large-school-state-championships/documents

EVENT RULES:

*4-8 Minute stop-clock quarters. 4th quarter will be running clock if the lead is 20 points or more. If the lead goes to 19 points or less, normal stop-clock rules will apply
*2-Minute Halftime (Might be cut down if we are behind schedule)
*3 Timeouts per game (1 additional per overtime up to a maximum of 3)
*5 fouls per player
*All Overtimes are 2 minutes
*No pressing or Trapping with a 25-point lead
*7th & 8th Grade Boys use full-size ball. Everyone else uses 28.5 (Girls Ball)
*Everything else is NFHS rules (INCLUDING JEWELRY RULES (CANNOT BE WORN OR TAPED))

SPECTATOR CONDUCT

WE NEED OFFICIALS MORE THAN WE NEED TEAMS: Yes, we do drop teams from tournaments and ban then from future events with no refund for parent conduct. Parents and coaches are not to confront an official for any reason after the game. Doing so could be a barrier to your programs participation in future events or even completing this event. Refunds will not be given in these instances. If you have issues with referees, read below. Make sure your parents have this information! You are responsible for the conduct of your players and spectators! Referees are instructed to issue technical fouls for spectator behavior!

COACHES - All of our officials are certified. If you have issues with our officials, please note the time of game and court. Call me Monday to discuss the issue. I do not deal with referee issues in the gym. Do not call me about officials during the weekend; you won't like the answer I give you. I can't waive a magic wand and make them better; nor will I move officials to a different court.

That said, You guys are my eyes and ears and I value your opinion as coaches. I want to have the best referees on the court as possible. I need to know who the weak officials are and who the strong ones are. This way, I know who to retain and who to let go once we have sufficiently built up our numbers. You have a voice, you just need to use it in the right, respectable way.

PARENTS - If you have an issue with a referee, you must direct it through your coach. Parents or coaches who confront an official after the game or verbally abuse an official during the game will be banned from future games/events. In some instances we will drop teams from the event with no refund for that event or any future events due to parent conduct. This is not negotiable. You are responsible for the conduct of your spectators. If anyone from your team verbally harass our officials, you run the risk of getting ejected from the gym. I will not entertain conversations of "they need to have thicker skin" or "what I said wasn't that bad....". You open your mouth, you take on the risk associated with it.

We look forward to hosting you this weekend,

-State Tournament Team!
http://www.statetourney.com

Coaches & families,

IT'S TIME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Your Boys have a had a great season and it's time to cap it off with the State Tournament.

Here is a rundown on what to expect this week.

ROSTER VERIFICATION -Our eligibility team is working on that now. Just because you see your team listed in the field of teams for the weekend doesn't mean your roster has been approved. You must communciate directly with the eligiliby team: team@statetourney.com or 503-308-9125 I have no information on an individual or a team's eligibility! Do not contact Nick Larsen with eligiblity or roster questions!

DIVISION PLACEMENT -Please check division placement on our app. If you think you are slotted in the wrong division, please e-mail Nick at: oabbasketball@gmail.com

SEEDING - This will be done Tuesday Morning and can be viewed on our app. Generally we followed the seeding on OMSAA, with a couple of modifications for teams that didn't have a minimum of 8 games, to avoid teams traveling for regional match-ups in the opening round or to get teams from the same program on opposite sides of the bracket.

BRACKET REVEAL -Brackets will be revealed throughout the day today Tuesday. This will all be done on the State Tourney Instagram Page.

SCHEDULE - Schedule will be posted late Tuesday evening.

FRIDAY GAME TIMES - Games will start as early as 2:30 pm on Friday with the last game tipping off between 9 pm & 10 pm. I know that's earlier and later than most people care for. It may also involve some missed class time. We are going to try to limit this as much as possible based on geography and how seeds come out. In order to run a true bracketed event, it does require more games to be played and for that to happen we need to start games a little earlier than some may have hoped.

SCHEDULE REQUESTS - We had to reply to a few e-mails last night and today for teams that had various schedule requests. Time requests are not an option for state. All teams must be available to play at all times starting at 2:30 pm on Friday.

FRIDAY-SUNDAY - Best weekend of the year!

MONDAY (or soon thereafter) - All Tournament nominations will be sent to coaches. They must be returned by the end of the week.

FOLLOWING WEEK (or soon there after) - All State ballots will be sent to coaches with the nominations from the tournaments. Coaches will vote on 1st, 2nd & 3rd teams (depending on nominations).

MID-TO-LATE MARCH - All-State teams revealed.

We're looking forward to hosting everyone in Salem this weekend!

-Nick Larsen, Steve Adams & Hemingway Huynh
The State Tournament Team

Coaches,

If you haven't submitted your roster and proof of eligilibty for state, that MUST be done by 12 pm on Thursday.

Rosters and Proof of Eligibility must be submitted online at: https://www.statetourney.com/roster-verification

*No, there is no such thing as being "Grandfathered in"
*No, there are no exceptions to needing to submit roster and proof of eligibiliy.

Teams who submit rosters/POE's after Saturday may be denied participation.

If you have questions, please contact us at: 503-308-9125 or by e-mail at: team@statetourney.com

Please do not reply to this e-mail with eligibility questions or questions about a specific team. All questions/verifications must run through the eligibility team.

-Nick