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G. Games will be played on Thursday, Friday and Saturday respectively; 12:00 p.m., 2:00 p.m., 5:00 p.m., and 7:00 p.m. with each
team playing three games throughout the tournament.
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
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are the responsibility of the respective regional directors and must be published by December 15 , annually.
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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):
a. Three 30-second timeouts for each team per regulation game.
b. One full timeout for each team per regulation game that may be used anytime during the game.
i. Each team may carry three timeouts into the second half.
ii. A team that uses no timeout in the first half will lose one 30-second timeout.
c. 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.
d. 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:
i. In any extra period the first timeout granted to either team may become an electronic-media timeout.
e. When a timeout is granted before the media marks or creates the first dead ball at or below the 5-minute mark in a period,
that timeout will become the electronic-media timeout for that period. (Exception: Rule 5-14.10.d.)
f. Each team shall be entitled to one additional 30-second timeout during each extra period in addition to any timeouts not used
previously.
g. The extra timeout shall not be granted until after the ball becomes live to begin the extra period.
O. District Timeout Information:
1. For district play involving two or more regions, the media timeout policy listed above (Section N. 1.) is to be used.
P. 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.
Q. Crowd Control: The responsibility for crowd control rests with the director of the tournament. Refer to Rule 10 - Section 5,
Article 1 in the NCAA Basketball Rulebook regarding artificial noisemakers. Bands, or any component thereof, are not allowed
to play while the competition is in progress. This rule applies to all NJCAA Basketball Tournament games.
R. No building of cheerleader pyramids will be allowed in the National Basketball Tournament.
Section 6. Officials
Tournament Director shall select the officials in conjunction with the NJCAA Division III Basketball Committee.
Section 7. Awards
A. Awards shall be given to the first, 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 III Women's Basketball All-Tournament Team will be made and awarded medals. Eight players shall be selected.
Section 8. Finances
A. Each college shall pay their own expenses.