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Section 6. National Tournament Schedule
A. Tournament Format
2020-2021 NJCAA DI MEN’S BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT FORMAT

DAY 1 DAY 2 DAY 3 DAY 4 DAY 5 DAY 6
G13 4 vs. 13/20 Winner
G1: 16 vs. 17 G7: 14 vs. 19 G17: 9 Winner vs. 10 Winner
G21:
17 Winner
G2: 9 vs. 24 G8: 11 vs. 22 G14: 5 vs. 12/21 Winner G18: 11 Winner vs. 12 Winner
vs.
19 Winner
G3: 15 vs. 18 G9: 1 vs. 16/17 Winner G15: 3 vs. 14/19 Winner G19: 13 Winner vs. 14 Winner G23:
21 Winner
vs.
G4: 10 vs. 23 G10: 8 vs. 9/24 Winner G16: 6 vs. 11/22 Winner G20: 15 Winner vs. 16 Winner 22 Winner
G22:
G5: 13 vs. 20 G11: 2 vs. 15/18 Winner 18 Winner
vs.
20 Winner
G6: 12 vs. 21 G12: 7 vs. 10/23 Winner

B. Game Film Exchange:
Upon qualification for the National Tournament, each team will be required to upload a complete game film in one file for their
last game played, including postseason, to the NJCAA Official Film Exchange Provider per instructions provided by the NJCAA
National Office. If an At-Large team’s last game was against a national tournament qualifier who will already have a different
game uploaded to the film exchange, the At-Large qualifier will upload film from their last game played against a team that
didn’t qualify for the National Tournament. Teams must upload their game film no later than 48 hours following the release of
the fully seeded bracket. Game films must be from a half-court view and must be of good quality where player numbers are
visible. Penalties for non-compliance will include, but are not limited to: the offending institution will not have access to the
uploaded games on the NJCAA Official Film Exchange Provider, a Letter of Reprimand to offending college president and a
$500 fine.
C. For each game of the tournament, the team with higher seed (lower number) in each game will be the HOME TEAM and wear light
colored jerseys/uniform. The lower seed (higher number) will be the VISITOR TEAM and wear dark colored jerseys/uniform.
Section 7. National Poll
A. In order for teams to be considered for weekly national rankings, all scores from the previous week must be entered into the
NJCAA PrestoSports Stats System by 11:59 PM ET on Sunday of each week.
1. All statistics from the previous week must be entered into the NJCAA PrestoSports Stats System by 2:00 PM ET on
Monday of each week.
B. The preseason rankings will be conducted at the discretion of the NJCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Committee. Poll will be
released the last week of October. The first regular season poll will be voted on during the second week of November. The last poll
will be voted on during the first week of March. TBD due to COVID-19
C. The NJCAA Division I Men's Basketball Poll will be released Monday of each week unless the Monday is a national holiday where
the poll will be released on Tuesday.
D. Each team’s performance from the previous week will be compiled in a report through the NJCAA PrestoSports Stats System and
disseminated to the NJCAA Division I Men's Basketball Committee to be voted on individually by each voter.
1. The voters will consist of the seven members of the Division I Men's Basketball Committee plus nine at-large voters. Call for
nominations will be conducted prior to first regular season poll
2. A first-place vote receives 25 points and 25th-place vote receives 1 point
E. Poll Criteria
1. Overall Body of Work
2. Record since last poll
3. Last 10 games
4. Record vs. District
5. Record vs. DI, DII, and DIII opponents
6. Record vs. non-NJCAA opponents
F. The poll voters will submit their top-25 rankings to the NJCAA National Office online system by 1:00 PM ET on Mondays, unless the
Monday prior is a national holiday where votes will be due on Tuesday. The National Office will compile the votes for each team and
release the final rankings Monday afternoon.
G. Poll Dates: TBD due to COVID-19
^Preseason poll
*Poll is released Wednesday due to a federal holiday.