AZTECS BASKETBALL CLUB - Aztecs-Basketball.co.uk

• To provide a social basketball environment in which male and female club members can participate on reasonably level terms

• To raise money for club funds

• To provide a showcase for the club that will allow potential members to join in a club activity as a way of establishing whether they would like to join us more permanently

• To enable friends of the club (e.g. past members now at University & local friends) to join in an activity with club members

• Intended for the fastest and most powerful players to run at full power. Summer League accommodates smaller, lighter, slower and less advanced players, both female and male

• Purely an outlet for local members from other clubs to play ‘street ball’

• No Pay, No Play: The Summer League Committee must be in receipt of all entry fees prior to the first fixtures. The fees are as follows:

1. Club members in full time employment £35
2. Guests in full time employment £40
3. Students £20
4. Reserve pool members only pay a nominal fee of £3 per game if called up.

• Length of Game: Playing time shall be 32 minutes, separated into four quarters of 8 minutes. Half time shall be 3 minutes and all other intervals 1 minute.

• Timeouts: Each team may request one timeout per half.

• Tied Game: If the game is tied after regulation time, a free-throw shoot-out will commence to determine the result.

1. In the shoot-out, each team alternately takes three free-throws. If, after this procedure, both sides have converted the same number of shots, freethrows will continue to be taken in the same order, until one team has scored one more than the other from the same number of shots.
2. The initial three free-throws must be taken by three of the active five players who are on court at the end of the fourth quarter. If a team finishes the game with less than five players, the opposing team may nominate a player to shoot twice.
3. Players who have been disqualified or fouled out will not be allowed to participate in the free-throw shoot-out

• Balls: Each game will be played with a ladies sized basketball for the first half and a men’s sized basketball for the second half.

• Female Players: Each team must have a minimum of one woman on the court at all times. If a team is unable to do this, they may not replace her spot with a male teammate.

• Scoring: Any basket scored by a female player during regulation time, will score double points.

• Aggressive or Excessively Powerful Play: Referees will be encouraged to call a foul under the heading of "excessively powerful play in the vicinity of lighter players". This is aimed at ensuring that even if they haven't established proper defensive position, we don’t have 7 stone ladies being knocked flying by 20 stone brutes!

• Substitutions: No substitutions shall be allowed during each quarter, except in the case of an injury or a player fouling out. This rule is deemed flexible in the case of a team fielding eleven players or more, where two substitutions are allowed per half.

• Personal Fouls: Each player is permitted four personal fouls per game, with the fourth foul leading to the player fouling out of the game.

• Team Fouls: Each team is permitted six team fouls per half, the opposing team receiving penalty shots on every foul thereafter.

• Reserves: The club will run a reserve pool of players who do not wish to fully participate in Summer League. Any player from this list may be called upon if a team is short of players, as may players from other teams, though this will be at the team captain’s discretion. When calling players up to replace absentees, the Summer League Committee encourage team captains to replace ‘like for like’. Teams are under no obligation to call on other players if they are short in numbers, but they may not replace missing players with ‘guests’ of their own. Players may however be added to the pool during the course of the competition. Reserves may not play in more quarters than any of a team's regular players.

• League Table: The order of teams in the table shall be in descending order of points gained, with three points being awarded for a win and one point for a loss in a free-throw shoot-out. In the event of a tie in League points at the end of the season, this shall be resolved as follows:

1. A table will be compiled, taking account of only the matches played between the teams involved in the tie. The teams will be placed in this table in accordance with League points gained.
2. In the event of further equality, the difference between the actual points scored and points conceded in these matches will be taken into account.
3. In the event of further equality, the difference between the actual points scored and points conceded over all the matches in the league will be taken into account.

• Discipline: Any player who incurs a technical or disqualifying foul will be brought to the attention of the Summer League Committee. The maximum penalty, which the committee may impose for a technical foul, is a one game suspension for the player and a one-point deduction from their team’s League points. No limits have been imposed on the penalty for a disqualifying foul.

• Continuous Disciplinary Issues: Continued or blatant disregard to the rules may result in a player being disqualified from further action within summer league and may also incur additional club punishments.

• Officials: Each team is required to supply one referee and one table official for the game preceding or following theirs. All players are expected to assist their team captains with the duties.

• Minutes: Where possible, players must receive an equal number of quarters. The table below shows, depending on the number of players available, how many quarters each person should expect to play.

• Caveat: The Summer League Committee does not claim to have foreseen all possible situations relating to the running of the competition. Therefore, in the event of an ambiguous situation, a dispute or a misunderstanding of the rules, we reserve the right to apply resolutions in the best interests of all the entrants and within the intended spirit of the competition. Such ‘resolutions’ shall be decided by way of majority vote.

2010 Fixtures and results

Click here for 2010 Summer League fixtures and results.

Rosters

Click here for 2010 Summer League team rosters.