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 (Partnering with IAABO International)
- Game times will be 75 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 unless they confirmed they’re okay with that.
- 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 there is a no-show without proper notice of intent to forfeit, program will be ineligible to participate in an AAU licensed tournament for the two weeks.
- $10/Player Challenge Rule: If you win, $10 will be returned to you. Challenges must be made before 6-minutes into the first half.
- Limit on the Roster: 15 players per team.
NEAAU Conference Championship 2025 Format:
1. The tournament is broken up into two stages: group stage (Saturday) and bracket play (Sunday).
2. Each division is pooled to start the event. Teams will get 2 games within their pool on Saturday. These games count towards the standings which determines placement for bracket play. In the case of ties, the tiebreak rules will be used to determined seeding for the affected teams. All teams will advance to bracket play on Sunday.
3. On Sunday, teams will enter bracket play which is single-elimination. If your team loses a game on Sunday, your team is eliminated from the tournament.
If you have questions about the playing rules, please email lliu@neaau.org.
