BASKETBALL SEASON’S INFORMATION 2009-10 Sports Programme Manager – Alayna Carter
8 September 2009
This pack contains an overview of the Basketball season 2009-10. You are advised to keep this pack with you throughout the season to refer to when you have queries.
Information Sources & Communication Lines If you require further information throughout the year you must first contact your Athletic Union/Sports Office. The BUCS Essentials is available at www.bucs.org.uk on the second working day of each week and will be sent to all BUCS members. The Essentials contains all the important information regarding BUCS Events and should be used in conjunction with the Sports Specific Homepages. The Basketball webpage will also provide you further information and news and can be found at www.bucs.org.uk/basketball
Calendar of Events Fixtures commence: Fixtures finish:
Wednesday 14 October 2009 Premier League and Tier 1 - Sunday 31 January 2010 Tier 2 and below – Sunday 28 March 2010
Knockouts Date 10 Feb 2010 10 Feb 2010 17 Feb 2010 17 Feb 2010 24 Feb 2010 24 Feb 2010 03 Mar 2010 12 Mar 2010 – 14 Mar 2010 13 Mar 2010
Event Trophy Last 32 Conference Cup Quarter Finals Championship Last 16 Trophy Last 16 Trophy Quarter Finals Conference Cup Semi Finals Trophy Semi Finals Championship Final 8’s
24 Mar 2010
Conference Cup Finals
Premier Play-offs
Trophy Finals
Venue At venue of first drawn side At venue of first drawn side At venue of first drawn side At venue of first drawn side At venue of first drawn side At venue of first drawn side At venue of first drawn side English Institute of Sport, Sheffield (BUCS Championships) English Institute of Sport, Sheffield (BUCS Championships) At venue of first drawn side
24 February 2010 3 March 2010 10 March 2010 Play-offs will take place, as required, to determine promotion and relegation for the following season. Should a team be scheduled to take part in a play-off on the same date as a knockout fixture, the knockout fixture will take precedence. In this instance, the BUCS Office will determine the date of the play-off fixture.
Championship Information The Basketball league structure for men and women is attached in Appendices 1 and 2. Not all withdrawals will be evident on this document, so please check the leagues on the website. In 2009-10 all teams qualify for a knockout competition. The qualification details will be listed at the top of your league on www.bucs.org.uk. The following knockout competitions are being offered: Championship & Trophy (Premier Leagues and Tier 1), Conference Cup (Tier 2 and below) You should note that any team in the Premier League or Tier 1 that concedes 2 voluntary walkovers will not be able to proceed to a knockout competition, even if they finish in a qualifying position. You should also be aware of REG 9.9 which details how teams are split should they finish on equal points in the league. Please also note REG 12.10.1 which states that any team forfeiting in a Championship knockout round will be subject to a £500 fine. Any team defaulting in the Trophy knockout rounds will be subject to a £300 fine. Any team withdrawing from the semi final or final stages of a Conference Cup or Conference Plate knockout shall be fined £300.
BUCS Championships 2010 Sheffield, 10-14 March 2010 The largest annual multi sport event in the UK returns to Sheffield for its third year and will attract up to 5,000 competitors participating in a variety of sports. The Basketball Championship Final 8’s and the Trophy Finals will be part of this event.
Rules & Regulations When participating in BUCS Competitions you must ensure you are aware of the Rules and Regulations to which you are competing. There may have been changes to the regulations since last season so please read them carefully. You should be aware of the following regulations: BUCS General Regulations – these relate to all sports. BUCS Sports Specific Regulations – these relate to Basketball only and are attached to this pack in Appendix 3. As per regulation last season – BAS 2.5 From season 2009-10 ALL Tier one teams will be required to comply with the Premier League requirements. Please note new additional sports specific regulations: BAS 3.5 Failure to provide a 24 second shot clock or a scoreboard as per Regulations BAS 3.3 and BAS 3.4 above will result in a £100 fine for the home team. The away team cannot claim a walkover or play under protest or appeal, as the match can still go ahead timed by the officials. BAS 5.4
Failure to provide evidence of affiliation to a British Basketball National Governing Body, to the BUCS office via e-mail on the correct form issued by BUCS for this purpose by the deadline date of Wednesday 4 November 2009 will result in a team/institution conceding walkovers until
affiliation has been proven in the correct form or risk ultimately being removed from the BUCS Basketball Competition. BAS 5.5
Failure to affiliate to England Basketball through the BUCS Office via email on the correct forms issued by BUCS/EB for this purpose by the deadline date of Wednesday 4 November 2009 will result in a team/institution conceding walkovers until correctly affiliated and risk ultimately being removed from the BUCS Basketball Competition.
NGB’s Laws of the Sport – you should be aware of the NGB Laws of the Sport. Please contact your relevant Governing Body for more information: www.englandbasketball.com www.basketball-scotland.com www.basketballwales.com
Results Results are input directly onto the website by the competing institutions. It is the responsibility of the HOME institution to enter the result by 6pm on the day of the fixture for Premier League teams, or 10am on the working day following the fixture for all other teams. If a result has not been entered please contact your Athletic Union/Sports Office. If it is a result of an away fixture, ask your Athletic Union/Sports Office to contact your opposition. Any disputes with results must be made immediately and NOT at the end of the league programme. It is therefore IMPERATIVE that you regularly check your league to ensure that it is correct and up to date. Your performances in BUCS Competitions will contribute to your institutions points tally in the BUCS Overall Championships. You can view the Overall Table throughout the year at www.bucs.org.uk/overallpoints
Insurance It is the responsibility of either the individual or institution to ensure that all entrants have appropriate insurance in order to compete. BUCS DOES NOT insure any competitor for any of its events.
Talented Athlete Scholarship Scheme The Talented Athlete Scholarship Scheme (TASS) is a government funded scheme to help talented athletes who wish to progress with a formal academic programme but maintain an involvement in performance sport. Please note that WOMEN’S Basketball is a TASS sport and as a result all TASS funded scholar athletes are encouraged to compete for their institution in the BUCS programme if the event is identified as part of their individual competition programme. All TASS athletes are expected to represent Great Britain at World University Games or Championships if selected. For further information go to www.tass.gov.uk
Representative Programme The following representative programme will run in the 2009-10 season: Domestic Representation: British University Games (BUGs) Basketball is a part of the British University Games which will take place from 12-15 April 2010 and will be hosted by Heriot-Watt University and the University of Edinburgh. Each Home Nation will have the opportunity to participate. Further information about BUGs will be issued in due course. International Representation: European University Sports Association (EUSA) The EUSA Championships, although they have been attributed, no dates appear to be available as yet. Basketball may be a sport that will be sanctioned providing it meets the qualification criteria. Further details will be posted on the International pages of the BUCS website as soon as they are available.
Merchandise As official ball supplier to BUCS Basketball, Molten are delighted to offer universities with an exclusive discount code to purchase cut price internationally approved Basketball balls, which will be used at this year’s finals. To take advantage of this offer, please go to http://www.moltensports.co.uk/ to see the complete range of match and training balls. Once you are ready to make your purchase, proceed with your order as normal, and when entering your payment details enter the code BU11 into the ‘coupon code’ field to trigger a 35% BUCS discount.
Sports Management Group (SMG) The SMG is responsible for the development of Basketball and offers technical advice to the BUCS Sports Programme Manager throughout the season. The SMG members for 2009-10 are: Trevor Pountain Sandy Sutherland Mike Vear Lucy Power Nick Stonard Sarah Wagstaff Andy Powlesland
SMG Chair Scottish Universities and press representative International and fundraising representative Welsh Universities and women’s basketball representative Technical and disciplinary representative Universities Representative Universities Representative
If you have any comments on how university Basketball can be developed and improved or any issues you would like to raise please email
[email protected] and your message will be forwarded on to the relevant SMG contact.
Appendices 1. BUCS Men’s Basketball League Structure 2009-10 2. BUCS Women’s Basketball League Structure 2009-10 3. Basketball Regulations 2009-10
