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Section 5. Rules and Officials
A. The NJCAA Championship Basketball Tournament Representative (see Article XI, Section 1) will have the authority to select the
tournament referees with recommendations from the NJCAA Committee on Basketball.
B. Member colleges and players shall be limited to 30 games plus NJCAA postseason play.
Note: Postseason play is defined as Regional Tournaments. Each college may play one foreign game during the current school
year without this game counting against the 30-game limit.
C. The official basketball rules to be used by the NJCAA will be the current NCAA Basketball Rules, with the exception of uniform
authenticating mark that requires pre-approval prior to production.
D. Game officials shall be rotated and shall not be employed more than two years in a row.
E. District Playoffs must have mutual agreeable officials selected by Regional Directors involved in the district game. In case the
Regional Directors cannot come to terms of agreement, the selection decision of officials will be arbitrated by the NJCAA National
Office.
Section 6. Finances
A. Each college shall pay its own team expenses.
B. An entry fee of $500 shall be paid to the host by the 12 qualifying teams.
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 III 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 III 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 III Men's Basketball Committee to be voted on individually by each voter.
1. The voters will consist of the seven members of the Division III Men's Basketball Committee
2. A first-place vote receives 10 points and 10th-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-10 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.