Page 135 - 2019-20 NJCAA Handbook - May, 2020

I. Member colleges 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
academic year without this game counting against the 30-game limit.
J. Crowd Control: The responsibility for crowd control rests with the director of the tournament. Refer to Rule 10-4 Section 5 in the
NCAA Basketball Rulebook regarding noisemakers. Bands, or any component thereof, are not allowed to play while the
competition is in progress. This rule applies to all NJCAA tournament basketball games.
K. No building of cheerleader pyramids will be allowed in the National Basketball Tournament.
L. All cheerleaders must be in college issued uniform.
M. See Section 15 for Basketball Tournament Decorum Policy.
Section 6. Officials
The Tournament Director shall select a commissioner. Officials shall not officiate games involving teams from their respective region/state.
A. Officials can only call for two straight years and then they must take a year off.
Section 7. Awards
A. Awards shall be given to the first and second place teams.
B. Each individual player on the first-place team shall receive an NJCAA gold medal. There shall be 16 medals.
C. Each individual player on the second-place team shall receive an NJCAA silver medal. There shall be 16 medals.
D. A Coach of the Tournament Award shall be presented.
E. A Most Valuable Player Award shall be presented.
F. Selection of a Division I Women's Basketball All-Tournament Team will be made and awarded medals. Twelve players shall be selected.
Section 8. National Basketball 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.
a. 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 Women’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 I Women'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 Women's Basketball Committee to be voted on individually by each voter.
a. The voters will consist of the seven members of the Division I Women's Basketball Committee.
b. A first-place vote receives 25 points and 25th-place vote receives 1 point
E. Poll Criteria
a. Overall Body of Work
b. Record since last poll
c. Last 10 games
d. vs. District opponents
e. vs. DI, DII, DIII opponents
f. Home, away, neutral record
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: Oct. 21^, Nov. 11, 18, 25, Dec. 2, 9, 16, Jan. 6, 13, 20*, 27, Feb. 3, 10, 17, 24
^Preseason poll
*Poll is released Wednesday due to a federal holiday.

Section 9. Tournament Seeding
A. The seeding committee will consist of the NJCAA Division I Women’s Basketball Committee members and Division I Women’s
Sectional Directors. The NJCAA Women’s Basketball Coaches Association President or Division I Representative will participate in
the seeding conference call for informational purposes only as a non-voting member and will be excused from the call prior to the
actual seeding process. If the Coaches Association Representative’s team qualifies for the tournament, the highest ranked
Coaches Association officer with a Division I basketball institution will be substituted.
B. All teams will be seeded and at-large teams will be chosen by the following criteria:
1. Final Poll Results (regular season body of work).
2. Participation and placement in respective Region/District Tournament
3. Strength of Schedule – Overall record vs. Division II and/or Division III member institutions. Results (wins or losses) vs.
non-member institutions (except for California Community College and NWAC organizations) will not be considered for
national polls, at-large selections, or seeding for the national tournament.
4. Quality wins/losses (against teams in poll/teams in national tournament).
5. Historical results of the district in national championships over the last five years.
C. Teams will be seeded 1-24 with no restrictions. The top eight teams will receive an opening round bye in the tournament. The
Seeding Committee will seed all tournament qualifiers on Sunday, March 8, 2020.