Page 129 - 2019-20 NJCAA Handbook - May, 2020

Section 13. 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 14. Code of Conduct
All coaches, athletes and support personnel are expected to be familiar with and follow the NJCAA Code of Conduct. This code may
be found under Article XVI of the NJCAA bylaws.
Section 15. 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 collared shirt (a golf shirt or a dress shirt), cotton trousers (such as khakis) and shoes (such as loafers
and 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.
Section 16. 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.
i. 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 II 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.
C. The NJCAA Division II 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 II Men's Basketball Committee to be voted on individually by each voter.
i. The voters will consist of the seven members of the NJCAA Division II Men's Basketball Committee plus four at-large
voters.
ii. A first-place vote receives 20 points and 20th-place vote receives one (1) point
E. Poll Criteria
a. Overall Body of Work
b. Record since last poll
c. Last 10 games
d. Record vs. District
e. Record vs. DI, DII, and DIII opponents
f. Record vs. non-NJCAA opponents
F. The poll voters will submit their top-20 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: Oct. 21^, Nov. 11, 18, 25, Dec. 2, 9, 16, Jan. 6, 13, 20*, 27, Feb. 3, 10, 17, 24, March 2
^Preseason poll
*Poll is released Tuesday due to a federal holiday.