Page 125 - 2019-20 NJCAA Handbook - May, 2020

Section 7. National Tournament Schedule – Important Dates
A. Tournament Format:
Monday: Games 1-6 - all opening round games
Tuesday: Games 7-12 - two opening round games and four second round games
Wednesday: Games 13-16 - four second round games
Thursday: Games 17-20 - four quarterfinal games
Friday: Games 21 and 22 - National Semifinals
Saturday: Games 23 National Championship

Tournament Schedule/Format
DAY 1 DAY 2 DAY 3 DAY 4 DAY 5 DAY 6

G1: 16 v 17 G7: 14 v 19 G13: 4 v 13/20 Winner G17: 9 Winner v 10 Winner G21: 17 Winner v 19 Winner G23: 21 Winner v 22
G2: 9 v 24 G8: 11 v 22 G14: 5 v 12/21 Winner G18: 11 Winner v 12 Winner G22: 18 Winner v 20 Winner
G3: 15 v 18 G9: 1 v 16/17 Winner G15: 3 v 14/19 Winner G19: 13 Winner v 14 Winner
G4: 10 v 23 G10: 8 v 9/24 Winner G16: 6 v 11/22 Winner G20: 15 Winner v 16 Winner
G5: 13 v 20 G11: 2 v 15/18 Winner
G6: 12 v 21 G12: 7 v 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 or Zone Qualifying 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/Zone 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 8. All-American Nomination Guidelines
See procedure listed in the All-American Awards section of the NJCAA Handbook & Casebook.
Section 9. Substance Abuse
The use of all tobacco products by any coach, player, official or other individual involved in the conducting of any NJCAA sponsored
regular season or postseason play is prohibited within the confines of the playing area. Any individual not in compliance shall be
disqualified from further participation in that contest.
Section 10. Open Wound Policy
Under circumstances when constant or profuse bleeding occurs, the participant shall be immediately removed from that contest by the
official and cannot return until the bleeding has been stopped.
Section 11. Tournament Lodging
Should the Tournament Host/NJCAA National Office choose to assign lodging for this event, all participating colleges must honor that
assignment or pay for those rooms.
Section 12. Code of Conduct
All coaches, athletes and support personnel are expected to be familiar with and follow the NJCAA Code of Conduct. The code may
be found under Article XVI of the NJCAA bylaws.
Section 13. Dress Decorum
Anyone in the team travel party must be in team suits or business casual attire (no denim, no t-shirts) when at the arena or any official
tournament function. Coaches must be in a minimum of business casual attire for their own games.
Definition of business casual attire:
A. Business casual dress is a middle ground between business formal wear and street wear.
B. For men, a combination of a collared shirt (golf shirt or dress shirt), cotton trousers (such as khakis) and shoes (such as loafers or
dress sandals) with socks are generally acceptable.
C. Violators of dress decorum will be asked by either the Tournament Director or NJCAA Representative to alter dress to comply
with the stated dress decorum. If they don't comply, the incident will be referred to the Standards and Ethics Committee for
possible sanctions.