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Rules

To ensure all club directors, coaches and parents will receive consistency throughout the basketball season, all Northeast AAU Conference events will follow the same playing rules below:

  • 3 or 4 game guarantee
  • Grade/Age Based Tournaments
  • Multi team discounts
  • Qualified officials
  • Game times will be 70 minutes
  • Two 15-minute halves for Grades 3,4,5 
  • Two 18 minutes halves 6th Grade + above
  • No running time in the 1st half
  • Running time may be used in the 2nd half if the team is behind by 20 or more points
  • 3 minutes warm up before games
  • Teams will not play back-to-back games
  • Teams will shoot free throws on 10th foul
  • Two 30 second time outs each half with no carry overs. One time out in overtime
  • Only one 3-minute overtime time will be played in the event of a tie

If you have questions about the playing rules, please email oldpro77@msn.com.