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9. BASKETBALL – WOMEN’S – DIVISION III
Section 1. Tournament Dates
April 20-24, 2021 at Rochester Regional Sports Center; Rochester, MN
March 9-12, 2022 at TBD
March 8-11, 2023 at Rochester Regional Sports Center; Rochester, MN
Section 2. Tournament Host Pre-Tournament Responsibilities
A. The Tournament Host will notify the qualifying teams of the time schedules and other pertinent tournament information.
B. The Tournament Host shall be responsible for the promotion, advertising and ticket sales of the contest. They shall secure the
playing site and make all the arrangements for the handling of spectators.
C. No entry fee will be required.
Section 3. Qualification of Teams for Tournament Play
A. Vote is to be taken on the Monday before the tournament
1. Eight district winners and four at-large selections will participate in the 2021 Tournament.
2. The 2021 tournament will consist of a 12-team bracket, with all teams being seeded. The seeding will be done by a vote of the
NJCAA Division III Women’s Basketball Committee in conjunction with the NJCAA National Office. All District Representatives
must be determined by Tuesday, March 1, 2021. 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 per instructions provided by the NJCAA National Office. 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, a Letter of Reprimand
to offending college president and the head coach will be suspended from coaching the first national tournament game.
3. Seeding will be on the basis of, in no particular order:
i. Regional placement in national tournament the previous year.
ii. Strength of Region/District.
iii. National Poll.
iv. Overall & junior college record.
B. Each district shall determine its entry.
C. All teams must qualify in compliance with Article XII of the NJCAA bylaws.
Section 4. Rules and Procedures
A. NCAA Rules shall be used. With the exception of uniform NCAA authenticating mark that requires pre-approval prior to production.
B. The official tournament ball for 2020-21 will be an eight-panel ball, the Spalding TF1000 LEGACY 28.5 (74-8209).
C. Teams are limited to 15 players which corresponds to the number of letters of intent as listed in the basketball sport procedures.
Once the roster is entered in the official score book, no substitutions may be made. Bench personnel shall not exceed 19 people.
D. The following is the 2021 National Tournament bracket with placements and game numbers and the District/Region Assignments:

2020-2021 NJCAA DIII WOMEN’S BASKETBALL DISTRICTS

DISTRICT REGION(S) DISTRICT REGION(S) DISTRICT REGION(S) DISTRICT REGION(S)
East 21 Great Lakes 4, 12 North 3 North Atlantic 19

Northeast `4 North Plains A 13A North Plains B 13B Southeast 5, 10, 17, 20

E. When a regional winner and/or designated regional representative declines to enter the tournament, the following substitution order
shall be used to certify a team(s) for the NJCAA Tournament. When a team accepts or declines the opportunity to compete in the
NJCAA Tournament through the substitution procedure, that region drops to the end of the substitution order and the next region
moves up accordingly.
F. The substitution order is as follows: (4,12), 3, (10, 20, 17), 19, 15, 13B, 13A, 21
G. Games will be played on Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday.
NOTE: The NJCAA Division III Women’s Basketball Committee reserves the right to adjust the district qualification procedures using
current declaration numbers. The adjustments must be published no later than November 15, annually. Specific district playoff
procedures are the responsibility of the respective regional directors and must be published by December 15, annually.
H. If a college acting as the host of the championship qualifies, their first contest/game can be moved into primetime evening slot to
increase attendance. Consultation with the NJCAA Sport Chair and NJCAA National Office is required to ensure integrity of bracket/
schedule for the championship. The tournament bracket alignment then would be modified for the first round of play, so that all four
teams in their respective bracket will be playing either in the afternoon or evening timeslots.
I. All practices will be closed. Only team members can participate.
J. All postseason play will follow NJCAA rules.
K. All filming must be handled through the Tournament Director.
L. No dunking in pre-game and halftime warmups. No music will be played at any dead ball situation in both regular and
postseason play.
M. 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.
N. National Tournament Timeout Information (this applies to National Tournament only):
1. Media Timeouts (Taken from Rule 5, Section 14, Article 10 of the NCAA Women’s Basketball Rulebook):
i. Three 30-second timeouts for each team per regulation game.
ii. One full timeout for each team per regulation game that may be used anytime during the game.
a. Each team may carry three timeouts into the second half.
b. A team that uses no timeout in the first half will lose one 30-second timeout.
iii. Electronic media timeouts shall occur at or below the 5-minute mark in each period when the game clock is stopped when
there has been no team called timeout that proceeds this dead ball.
iv. The first timeout requested by either team in the second half shall become the length of a timeout called for by the
electronic-media agreement: