Let's all keep in mind that ours is a fun and friendly league first and foremost, but we also want it to be a competitive and popular league that is around long after everyone reading this has hung-up their gym shoes for good.  With this in mind, here are some basic rules and regulations governing our league:

Eligibility

All Men’s Club members in good standing, age 25 or older (excluding some under 25 who were grandfathered in), and with dues-paid current are eligible to play.

 

Drafting Teams

Captains will draft teams using the wrap-around method and based upon a random drawing for draft order.  Once each team has an equal number of players, and the number of remaining players to be drafted would not constitute a full “round” in the draft, all captains will draw numbers and draft the remaining players in order of the lowest to highest numbers drawn.  For example, assume there are 8 teams drafting 74 players: once the 8th captain drafts the 70th player, all captains will again draw numbers, and the lowest 4 numbers will draft the remaining 4 players, the lowest number drawing first.

 

Adding Players after the Draft

If there are Men’s Club members who request to play after the draft has been completed, the committee will determine which teams these players will get assigned to based upon a best-efforts attempt to keep or improve parity among the teams.

 

Forfeit

·        Teams will need a minimum of 3 roster players to play an official game, and will not be allowed to use non-roster players in official games.

·        Players shall make every effort to be on time to games; if a team isn’t ready to play within 10 minutes of the scheduled start time, that team will forfeit the game.

·        First forfeit will result in team probation.  Second forfeit will result in automatic exclusion from playoffs.

General Rules

·        The 2 teams listed 1^st on the schedule for the indicated time slot will play on the west court; the 2 teams listed 2^nd on the schedule for the indicated time slot will play on the east court

·        Each game will be 2 halves of 24 minutes, and there will be a continuously running clock.

·        Each basket is 1 point, and there are no 3-point shots.

·        Teams have to win by 2 points.  If a game ends in a tie, the OT starts with both teams tied 0-0.  However, if a team is ahead by one point at the end of regulation, the score at the beginning of OT is 1-0 in favor of the team who was winning at the end of regulation.  A coin-toss will decide who gets the ball first in OT, regardless of the score, and the winner in OT is the first team to go ahead by 2 baskets OR to reach 5 points.

 

Playing Time

Team chemistry has always been a hallmark of past championship teams, and one way to achieve the highest degree of team chemistry is to make sure that everyone plays about the same amount of minutes each game.  In general:

·        Captains will make every effort to ensure that every player plays an approximately equal amount of time as all other players in attendance.

·        However, Captains can exercise discretion when it comes to players with poor attendance.

·        In short, don’t wait for your captain or someone else to ask you to sub; mind your minutes and pull yourself out once in a while.

 

Playoffs

·        Only the top 8 teams (of 10) will qualify for playoffs based upon results of regular season records.

·        If 2 teams have same W/L percentage, higher seeding will go to winner of head-to-head match-up(s) during season.  If that doesn’t decide it, a coin toss will be used.

 

Aggressive Play:  Our league is a friendly league, but it’s also a competitive league.  Always remember that most everyone has to get up and go to work the next day.  And anyone who initiates a physical altercation (i.e. fist-fight) will be ejected from the league.

 

Fouls:   Because we don’t have refs, this is always a tricky issue.  In short, the foul-ee calls the foul, but there is nothing more noble in pick-up basketball than an honest foul-er who admits it first.  On the other hand, nothing detracts more from a good league than a bunch of petty foul calls.  In general, as long as it’s not flagrant, doesn’t impede your play, or doesn't affect your shot, do your best to ignore the incidental contact that will inevitably occur in our games.

 

The 3-Second Rule:  By definition, should be pretty self-explanatory.  But to you big guys in particular who like to camp down low, for a lot of our shorter guys their lay-ups are the only shots they have left.  Move out of there once in a while, i.e. at least every 3 seconds.

 

Ball-hogs/Chuckers:  In addition to everyone getting equal time, it would be great if everyone could get an equal amount of shots.  Ridiculous, sure, but great.  Point is, for most guys this is the only basketball they’ll play all year, and no one likes to play with a ball-hog.

 

Sponsor Support
Please do your best to stop in to patronize Quigley’s after your games, even if for just a few minutes and a few soft drinks.

 

 

Jim McGovern, 312-419-1961 (W), 708-423-4685 (H); jim.mcgovern@sbcglobal.net

Paul Lyons, 773-535-2325 (W), 708-425-5160 (H); Paulmarcy@hotmail.com