5th Annual Big South Nationals SOLD OUT 2-3 Family 10th

8th grade boys gold bracket please check your times. We had a wrong score in for the two "elite" named teams. It has been corrected and updated. 8th grade boys gold please check your times!

Thanks for your patience. With some girls teams not showing had to make a few changes. Boys brackets should have been good on locked times since posting earlier.

have an awesome Sunday and please respect the players, coaches, and referees. We have a zeroi tolerance policy on fighting and abusive language. Don't cost your team a shot at the rings.

Thanks all, see you tomorrow morning. All gyms will open at 9:00 AM. First games everywhere are 9:20. Please give us til 9:00 to sweep the floors and set up the gyms. Have a great night!

Hello Everyone! Great first day of the tournament. Please allow us 30-45 minutes to adjust and post brackets for tomorrow. We are looking forward to a great day of competition tomorrow!

Hi all,
We had two teams pay and not show up. Most brackets will populate automatically, we will manually change the brackets that are set up for the divisions that are missing a team.

We will send a message when brackets are final.

Note on forfeits: unfortunately this happens. I would love to give you make up games but we dont have the court space to fill a team not showing up.

2026 Tournament Rules

• (2) 16-minute halves grades 6th-Varsity. 5th & under is 14 -minute halves. Running clock until last 2 minutes of the 2nd half. Clock stops on timeouts.

• 4 timeouts per game. 45 seconds in length

• 1 &1 free throws on the 7th foul during a half. Standard free throw shooting. Clock stops on shooting foul when shooter receives the ball.

• Overtime is 2 minutes. If still tied after first overtime, the 2nd overtime is sudden death. First point wins.

• Timeouts from regulation do not carry over into overtime. Fouls carry over. One timeout in overtime.

• No press up 20 points

• Running clock with a 25-point lead. Game is over at 2 minutes in the 2nd half with a 20-point lead.

• Players may move on the release at the free throw line

• Players must be on roster Saturday to be eligible for Sunday games

• Only 2 coaches allowed on each team’s bench. Only 1 coach may stand and coach. No parents or other players should be near the bench while the game is in progress. Scorekeepers may not sit at the scorers table. The bench is for only players participating in the game. No other grade level players may sit on the bench. Parents or Coaches should not approach the score table or come onto the court unless there is an injury.

• Home team provides game ball. Home team is listed on schedule on exposure. Please clean benches of trash and belongings after games.

Haven't made any changes since first revision but please look over and make sure you are good. Haven't changed anything since Thursday but please double check to make sure your times are good.

See everyone tomorrow, safe travels!

We did have a few changes to schedule please review and make sure you are up to date.

First games Saturday are at 8:30 (gym opens at 8:10)
First games Sunday are at 9:20 (gym opens at 9:00)

Please review your schedule to make sure you see any changes made.

Safe travels, see everyone tomorrow. We have teams from 9 states coming. Should be some great competition.

Good evening,

Please make note of this!

📞 EVENT DIRECTORS
If you have any questions, concerns, schedule issues, facility concerns, or need assistance before or during the tournament, please contact one of our Event Directors:

Chris Phafl
📱 850-338-4578

Brent Dillard
📱 850-814-3281

They will be your primary contacts throughout the tournament weekend.
They will be the ones to answer all your questions about Big South Nationals

Panhandle Basketball

Hi all,
Gate fees are 35.00 daily and 50.00 weekend pass. Kids 12U are free

2 coaches armbands per team.

Hi all,

We will send another email tomorrow to FINAL the schedule. We are sold out but there is a team that might drop due to football commitments.

Please remember a schedule request is a request, not a guarantee. We do the best we can but not always matches.

I have changes to make in 10th/var girls. Doing that now.

Teams are posted.
Standings will be posted late tonight
Schedule will be posted tomorrow by 4:00 pm cst

Thanks all. Looking forward to it.

We have removed teams for non payment. Working on programming now. Please send me your schedule request to coachchris850@gmail.com no later than 8:00 PM CST today Tuesday.

Timeline:

Tuesday: schedule requests do by 8:00 PM CST

Wednesday: Post teams and standings

Thursday by 4:00 PM CST: Schedule posted

Thursday 9:00 PM CST: Any schedule changes if needed and schedule locked

Saturday: Games start at 8:30 AM at all venues

Excited to have all of you running with us. Rules, code of conduct, gate and general tournament info will be posted in next day or two once we get programming done. Thanks for running with us.

If you are not paid by tonight at 8:30 PM CST you will be moved to the waiting list. We are offically only taking teams now for waiting list and sold out. If not paid, you will be moved to bottom of waiting list in your division.

Payment contact:

Brent Dillard: southernelitesports1@gmail.com You can also TEXT only at 850-814-3281

Payment: Sportsthread.com

Go to Big South Nationals fournament for payment.

multi team discounts start at 2 teams. Please take care of this now. We are extremely full and will drop teams tonight from active. Thanks all!

Good morning,

Thank you for registering for the 5th Annual Big South Nationals in Panama City, Florida!

We are excited to welcome everyone for another outstanding weekend of basketball. Please review the important information below.


📞 EVENT DIRECTORS
If you have any questions, concerns, schedule issues, facility concerns, or need assistance before or during the tournament, please contact one of our Event Directors:

Chris Phafl
📱 850-338-4578

Brent Dillard
📱 850-814-3281

They will be your primary contacts throughout the tournament weekend.


💳 TEAM PAYMENT REMINDER
If you have not yet completed your team payment, please do so as soon as possible.

👉 Team Payment Link:

https://qr.sportsthread.com/panhandleteampayment

⚠️ IMPORTANT
SportsThread is our ONLY accepted payment method.
We no longer accept Cash App, Venmo, or PayPal.
Your team is not guaranteed a spot until payment has been received.
If you have already paid, please disregard this reminder.


🆔 NATIONAL SPORTS ID (REQUIRED)
👉 https://www.nationalsportsid.com/panhandle-basketball-verification/

All teams must complete National Sports ID verification prior to the tournament.

Please make sure your team has:

Completed player verification.
Joined the 5th Annual Big South Nationals in National Sports ID.
Completing this before tournament weekend will help ensure a quick and smooth check-in process.

VERY IMPORTANT
🗓️ SCHEDULE REQUESTS
If you have a schedule request, please send it to:

📧 coachchris850@gmail.com

⚠️ IMPORTANT
This is the ONLY email address that will accept schedule requests.
Requests sent by text message, Facebook, phone call, or any other method will not be accepted.
We will do our best to accommodate requests, but they cannot be guaranteed.
Sunday bracket play requests cannot be guaranteed.
🚨 DEADLINE
All schedule requests are due Monday at 8:00 PM.


📅 TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE
The tournament schedule will be released later this week.

Once released, please carefully review:

🏀 Game Times
📍 Game Locations
👥 Opponents
🏆 Division Placement

📜 CODE OF CONDUCT
Panhandle Basketball has a Zero Tolerance Policy for unsportsmanlike conduct.

We ask all coaches, players, parents, and spectators to:

Respect officials.
Respect opponents.
Respect facility staff.
Cheer for your team while demonstrating good sportsmanship.
Any spectator who enters the playing court, confronts an official, or engages in abusive or threatening behavior is subject to immediate removal and may jeopardize future participation in Panhandle Basketball events.

Let’s keep the focus where it belongs—on the players.


🌐 TOURNAMENT INFORMATION
👉 www.panhandlebasketball.net


We appreciate your continued support of Panhandle Basketball and look forward to another exciting weekend at the 5th Annual Big South Nationals.

Safe travels, and we’ll see everyone in Panama City!

Panhandle Basketball

Hi all,
We will be going waiting list sometime tomorrow. Anyone not paid by 10:30 PM will be moved to waiting list where it will turn into whoever has their fees in. You can make team payments on sportsthread. Brent is our treasurer, you can reach him at southernelitesports1@gmail.com

Schedule requests NO LATER than 8:00 PM Tuesday night. If your not paid, your request will not be considered until submitted. Please know this is a request, not a guarantee. We do a pretty good job of taking care of our teams, but please be realistic. If you coach two or three different teams, there are no guarantees we can meet your request. No requests for Sunday.
Thanks all, tournament info will be posted Monday after we move non paid teams to waiting list.

This a NSID event for age verify. You must have it.

Thanks all, we are excited to host you for the last tournament in Panama City that we host. Hope you all has great seasons and look forward to seeing old friends and new teams. Thanks for running with us.