9th/10th Grade - Boys Basketball
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2017-2018 ISLAND GARDEN SUPER LEAGUE
Dedicated to the Memory of John Ruggiero & Matt Nies
Now in our twenty fourth season, the Island Garden Super League has
evolved into one of the most successful youth basketball leagues in the country.
Super League is designed for
everyone! There are divisions for boys
and girls ranging from the third to the twelfth grade. Wherever possible, each grade is broken down
into three ability levels in order to foster equal competition.
It is our goal to provide an
excellent experience for every team regardless of its final winning
percentage. We make every effort to meet
your scheduling requests so that your participation does not conflict with
other leagues and that whenever possible, we will match teams against others
with equal ability. Providing friendly
and excellent service to you is our primary goal. Service is the true value of our league.
SUPER LEAGUE HIGHLIGHTS
- Most
games are played at the Island Garden which is one of the premier basketball
facilities in the New York Metropolitan area. You do not have to provide a home
facility in order to participate in the Island Garden Super League. We also play games at other convenient
locations in Nassau and Suffolk.
This provides a great setting for Suffolk county teams.
- You
choose the number of games which you will play. Your team can play 6, 8, 10, 12, 15, 18,
20 or 24 games.
- We
respect your schedules from other leagues so that you do not have to
choose one over another. You submit
your CYO, PAL, etc. schedule in a timely manner and we will make every
effort to ensure that there will be no direct conflict.
- A
Super League representative is almost always present at games in the event
that an issue must be addressed.
Island Garden personnel also are available at all times to deal
with scheduling.
- Referees
are observed by senior officials and rated by league administrators with
input from coaches. Assignments are
distributed based on those ratings and observations.
- Our
new Island Garden website (www.islandgarden.com) is used to publicize
schedules, game results, standings, highlights, changes and open games. The website is totally compatible with
smart phones.
- We
also rely heavily on text messages to communicate with our coaches and
administrators. This removes the
need for back and forth calling.
- Finally, social media (Twitter, Facebook
& Instagram) will publicize game highlights and action pictures.
ADMINISTRATIVE REQUIREMENTS FOR PARTICIPATION IN
SUPER LEAGUE
1.
The registration deadline is
October 28, 2017. Each coach must
submit the required registration form (which includes team availability) and a
$500.00 deposit. Any team registering after October 28 is subject to a $100.00
late fee.
2.
League play begins on November
10, 2017.
3.
There are various options
relating to registration; number of games, preferential game days and times,
insurance and pre-paid referee fees.
4.
All league fees must be paid in full by
December 4, 2017 or the team will be dropped and no refund will be made.
5.
Referee fees are not included
in the standard registration fee. Two referees will be assigned to all
games. The referee fee is $40.00 per
game for all levels. NEW in 2017: All
teams MUST pre-pay the ref fees for the season.
If you make the playoffs you will continue to submit your ref fees to
the Island Garden. No Ref will accept
cash for any Super League game.
6.
All teams must provide proof
of $1,000,000 liability insurance with the Island Garden named as an additional
insured. This proof of insurance must be
submitted prior to the first game. If a
team does not have their own insurance, we will assist teams in registering
with AAU for insurance. AAU insurance
can be purchased for $16.00 per player and $18.00 per coach. All coaches are subject to background screening
(No exceptions).
7.
All teams must submit a team
roster prior to their first season game. Additions are permitted until December
31, 2017. After that date for special circumstances, additions must be approved
by the commissioner.
8.
All players must have matching
numbered shirts and shorts in order to participate in a Super League game.
ISLAND GARDEN SUPER LEAGUE ORGANIZATIONAL RULES
1. CHOICE OF DIVISION
A coach can choose the division
in which his team participates. The
guidelines are:
Division
I AAU teams & highly competitive community teams
Division
II experienced and competitive community teams
Division
III newly formed or developing community teams
League
administrators reserve the right to place a team in the proper division.
2. Division I players cannot play
at the Division III level at the same grade.
3. Players are permitted to be on
the roster of more than one team, even if they are in same division.
4. GRADE/AGE REQUIREMENTS Eligibility is primarily
governed by the grade in which the player is enrolled as of October 20, 2017. There is also a maximum age, which basically
allows for a player to continue participating with his classmates as long as
he/she was retained (left back) only once.
The cut-off dates for this exception rule are as follows:
3rd Grade 9/1/07 7th Grade
9/1/03
4th Grade 9/1/06 8th
Grade 9/1/02
5th Grade 9/1/05 9th Grade 9/1/01
6th Grade 9/1/04 10th Grade 9/1/00
11th/12th Must
be attending HS
Grade takes precedence over
age. SUPER LEAGUE IS A GRADE BASED LEAGUE but a
player cannot exceed the age listed above.
-Teams playing in Division I of each age group
are governed by AAU grade/age eligibility, which is somewhat different from the
above guidelines. See Jim Fox for
details.
5. To be eligible for the playoffs the team must
play a minimum of 10 games and have a winning percentage of
50% of
your games. There will be separate
playoffs for AAU and community based teams in Divisions II and III,
if
enough teams qualify for the playoffs.
6. SCHEDULING
Team availability sheets are
due by October 28. In order for us to
avoid conflicts with other leagues (CYO, PAL, etc.) schedules must be submitted
to us as soon as they are received and no later than Nov. 12th.
Teams can eliminate two days in each week from their availability. All teams must be able to play Saturday and Sunday. Teams cannot close out an entire Saturday or Sunday.
You are permitted to close out part of a weekend day (e.g. no games prior to 3:00 pm or after 3:00 pm).
The
schedule will be distributed in two parts; from the start of the season to Jan
15 and Jan 16 to March 15.
7. FORFEITS A forfeit will be declared if a team cancels
a game within 72 hours of its scheduled start.
NO
EXCEPTIONS. If a team forfeits twice, they will be
dropped from the league and No refund will be made. A team which forfeits a game must pay both
referee fees to league officials before they will be permitted play
their next regularly scheduled game. Forfeit time is fifteen minutes after the
scheduled starting time of the game.
8. In order to be eligible for playoffs, a player must have
participated in 50% of regularly scheduled games. Exceptions for injury must be
approved by the League Commissioner. Coaches are required
to maintain a scorebook at all times. That book must be presented at any
time to prove a players participation in previous games.
9. PROTESTS a coach submitting a protest must do so in writing
within 24 hours after the game. He/she must advise the ref doing the game that
a protest is being filed. There is a
$100.00 fee, payable in cash, that must accompany the protest. If the protest
is upheld, the fee will be returned.
10. ROSTERS 2017-2018 we are requiring all rosters to be submitted
prior to your first game. They must be
submitted in the format which we will provide. Those rosters will be uploaded
to our data base. The coach must submit
proof of birth and grade to our eligibility staff who will certify the
documentation. Also, each player must
have a picture ID with them at each game. (School ID, Non Driver ID etc.) NO EXCEPTIONS TO THIS RULE!
SUPER
LEAGUE GAME RULES
All
games will utilize stop time.
14-minute
halves will be used for the 3rd through 6th grades; 16
minute halves will be used for 7th grade and higher. National Federation (boys) and NCAA (girls)
rules will govern the playing of the games.
No
full court press may be employed in the 3rd & 4th
grade divisions. During the last one
minute of the game at those grade levels, the game clock will not start until
the ball crosses over to the front court. Once the team on defense secures possession,
the other team must drop back.
Teams
ahead in the score by 25 or more points must play defense inside the three-point
line.
A
foul line will be utilized at the 3rd grade level.
For
all divisions, each team is permitted 2 full and 2 thirty second time outs.
Basketball
sizes: Boys
3rd - 6th grade 28.5
cm
Boys 7th -12th grade Regulation
Adult
Girls - 28.5 cm
When there
is a crossover 6th & 7th Grade game, the smaller ball will be
used.
Bench
personnel will be limited to players and a maximum of three coaches.
If
there is a 20-point difference in the score with 3 minutes remaining in the
game, both coaches can agree to permit running time.
A player ejected for fighting will be banned from at
least the next game and possibly more games.
A coach ejected from a game
for unsportsmanlike conduct will be suspended for at least one game. A coach ejected for fighting will be
suspended indefinitely.