POLICIES AND REGULATIONS
Roster Rules
- A player may participate in a maximum of two separate age/grade divisions. They must meet the age/grade eligibility for both divisions they are playing in. Each player must be on the roster for both teams and the player must play within the same organization for both teams. Players can NOT play on two teams within the same age/grade division.
- Players must be on the roster in order to be eligible to play in all games including pool play games and bracket play games. As long as a player is on the roster turned into the Tournament Director during team check-in, the player is eligible to play at anytime during the tournament (as long as they meet our eligibility requirements).
-Post Grad (Prep School) players are not allowed to play.
-Teams may change their roster throughout the season, but must have a current updated roster online and with them (along with all paperwork for each player) for each tournament. Teams must have this paperwork (report cards/birth certificates for each player) with them at all times during the tournament. The Tournament Director reserves the right to check these at any time.
DISQUALIFICATION/EJECTIONS
If a player is ejected, then he/she must sit out the remainder of that game. The player may sit on the bench, but can not play. If a coach is dismissed from a game then he/she must sit out the remainder of that game and the following game. A coach that is ejected from a game must leave the gym for the remainder of that game. The Tournament Director reserves the right to dismiss a coach or player for the remainder of a tournament and not allow them back into any gym should they deem necessary. If a player or coach is dismissed from a game during the last game of a tournament it does not carry over to the next tournament and he/she may participate in the first game of the next tournament. Game officials have the right to sit/disqualify players for the remainder of the current game should they deem necessary to prevent any potential issues during the current game.
If any team is found playing with an ineligible player during any game, penalties shall be imposed by the Tournament Director in its reasonable discretion, and may include disqualification of the entire team from the tournament. Among other things, the Tournament Director may take into account: (i) whether or not the team gained a material competitive advantage through the ineligible player’s participation; (ii) whether or not the ineligible player’s participation endangered other players; and (iii) any other unique circumstances to the ineligible player’s participation. Note: players are not allowed to leave the bench to come onto the court for any reason during a game and the Tournament Director reserves the right to dismiss the players and/or team for doing so.
COACHES & PLAYERS ALLOWED
Each team is allowed to have 15 players per team and 3 coaches per team (one head coach and two assistant coaches).
SCHEDULES
Schedules for each tournament are posted on the Exposure Basketball website and on the Exposure Basketball App (schedules are not emailed out). Most schedules are posted the Tuesday before each tournament starts. The Exposure Basketball App is the way to view the schedule.
SCORE BOOK KEEPER
The designated "home" team will be responsible for keeping the official score book during games. The Tournament Director highly suggests that the visiting team has someone sit directly beside the home team scorekeeper to be proactive and communicate with each other to make sure no mistakes are made and that both teams have the same info. The designated "away" will be responsible for keeping the official game clock/scoreboard.
UNIFORMS
Each team should have a home uniform (light color jersey) and away uniform (dark color jersey). The Tournament Director highly recommends that numbers be put on the front and back of the uniforms but all players must have a unique jersey number from all other players on the team. The Tournament Director allows any number 00 & 0-99 to be worn as a jersey number.
GAME BALLS
The officials will choose the game ball to use for games. Both teams should have NFHS approved basketballs to use.
Game Ball Size
Boys 9U/3rd – 12U/6th grade: 28.5" Intermediate size basketball
Boys 13U/7th – 17U/11th-12th grade : Official men’s size basketball (29.5")
Girls 3rd – 11th/12th girls: Official women’s size basketball (28.5")
*12U/6th grade boys: 28.5 size basketball may be used ONLY if BOTH coaches agree
COACHING ATTIRE
Please dress appropriate during all games if you are sitting on the bench. The Tournament Director reserves the right to ask anyone to change attire during games. No ball caps can be worn. The Tournament Director ask for coaches to wear a polo shirt or a nice team t-shirt while coaching. Shorts are allowed to be worn while coaching.
Insurance
VA Havoc Basketball highly recommends for teams to purchase their own team insurance policy to assure players are covered for any injuries during games. You can find several sports insurance agencies online that offer team/player insurance policies.
ELIGIBILITY INFO
Boys Eligibility Requirements
9 & Under: All players must be 9 years old or younger on June 30, 2026
10 & Under: All players must be 10 years old or younger on June 30, 2026
11 & Under: All players must be 11 years old or younger on June 30, 2026
12 & Under: All players must be 12 years old or younger on June 30, 2026
13 & Under: All boys must be 13 years old or younger on June 30, 2026
14 & Under: All boys must be 14 years old or younger on June 30, 2026
15 & Under: All boys must be in the 9th grade as of October 1, 2025 or a boy in the 10th grade that is 15 years old or younger on August 31, 2026
16 & Under: All boys must be in the 10th grade as of October 1, 2025 or a boy in the 11th grade that is 16 years old or younger on August 31, 2026
17 & Under: All boys must be in the 11th or 12th grade as of October 1, 2025 & must be 19 years old or younger on August 31, 2026
Girls Eligibility Requirements
- 4th Grade – a girl must be in the 4th grade as of October 1, 2025 or a girl in the 5th grade that is 10 years old or younger on August 31, 2026
- 5th Grade – a girl must be in the 5th grade as of October 1, 2025 or a girl in the 6th grade that is 11 years old or younger on August 31, 2026
- 6th Grade – a girl must be in the 6th grade as of October 1, 2025 or a girl in the 7th grade that is 12 years old or younger on August 31, 2026
- 7th Grade – a girl must be in the 7th grade as of October 1, 2025 or a girl in the 8th grade that is 13 years old or younger on August 31, 2026
- 8th Grade – a girl must be in the 8th grade as of October 1, 2025 or a girl in the 9th grade that is 14 years old or younger on August 31, 2026
- 9th Grade – a girl must be in the 9th grade as of October 1, 2025 or a girl in the 10th grade that is 15 years old or younger on August 31, 2026
- 10th Grade – a girl must be in the 10th grade as of October 1, 2025 or a girl in the 11th grade that is 16 years old or younger on August 31, 2026
- 11th/12th Grade – a girl must be in the 11th or 12th grade as of October 1, 2025 & she must be 19 years old or younger on August 31, 2026
PROTEST
A protest on any team and/or player cost $100 (cash only) and must be made prior to the game. The money must be given to the Tournament Director and the director will determine the outcome of the protest. If the team that protest wins, they will receive their $100 cash back. If the Tournament Director determines the player/team in question is legit then the team that is protesting will forfeit the $100 which the Tournament Director keeps.
The Tournament Director will not accept protest regarding judgment calls by officials or game administrative mistakes. Any correctable error must be changed during the game. The Tournament Director does not over rule any calls made by officials during the game.
ITEMS LOST/STOLEN (Personal Items)
VA Havoc Basketball is not responsible for any items lost and/or stolen during an event. Please make sure you keep up with all of your personal belongings and put them in a safe place.
REGISTRATION WAIVER ACKNOWLEDGE POLICY
By paying/registering for the tournament/event, you are acknowledging the risk associated with any sanctioned VA Havoc event and hold VA Havoc Basketball harmless. CLICK HERE for full details for our Waiver/Acknowledgment Policy.
PHOTO AND VIDEO DISCLAIMER
The Tournament Director reserves the right to use any photograph/video taken at any sponsored event without the expressed written permission of those included within the photograph/video. The Tournament Director may use the photograph/video taken to post on materials including but not limited to: emails, flyers, social media, and websites. By attending the event, you are agreeing to release, defend, hold harmless and indemnify VA Havoc from any and all claims involving the use of your picture or likeness.
COMBINING AGE GROUPS
For a normal tournament with a 2 game minimum, it takes 3 teams for an age group make. The Tournament Director reserves the right to combine age groups that are next to each other to make a tournament proceed. The Tournament Director will usually notify the team before doing so.
FORFEIT
All forfeits will be a score of 25-0.
POINT DIFFERENTIAL
There is a maximum point differential of 25 points. If a team wins by more than 25 points, they will only receive a "+25" in the point differential column for determining seeds for bracket play. In fairness of the game, the Tournament Director discourages teams from purposely blowing other teams out. The Tournament Director will remove a team if they continue to do so. If a team is ahead by more than 25 points they can no longer full court press.
SEEDING
If it is a two way tie, the Tournament Director will first look at head-to-head record. If one team beat the other team, the team that won will get the higher seed. If the two teams didn't play each other in pool play, point differential will be used to determine the higher seed.
If it is a three way tie, the Tournament Director will look at point differential first to determine the seeds.
Note: If teams are still tied after all the tie breakers above are used, the Tournament Director will then look at points against to determine the higher seed. The team that gave up the least amount of points will be the higher seed. Should all teams in the tie breaker have the same amount of points against then the Tournament Director will flip a coin to determine the higher seed.
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