cc: League Commissioners; Site Directors; Officials Assignors

ATTENTION ATHLETIC DIRECTORS:
Please route a copy of this bulletin to your HEAD BASKETBALL COACHES, and make sure that you and your coaches have read the Basketball Bylaws in the CCS Tournament Guide!

MEETINGS:
A.    SEEDING - SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 2009, @ the CCS Office
                            8:30 am -- Girls - All Divisions (League Reps only);  9:00 am - coaches can enter    
                            1:30 pm -- Boys -  All Divisions (League Reps only);  2:00 pm - coaches can enter

        All League Rep.'s are expected to attend the Seeding meeting and MUST bring the appropriately SIGNED and
        completed Season Summary Sheet forms (can be found in the Appendix of the CCS Tournament Guide) for all
        entries from their League, which includes League Champion, other Automatic Qualifiers and teams that qualify
        for participation in the Tournament by having either a League record, or non-League record, of at least .500.

TEAMS THAT DO NOT SUBMIT THIS REQUIRED FORM PRIOR TO THE BEGINNING
OF THE SEEDING MEETING WILL NOT PARTICIPATE IN THE CCS PLAY-OFFS!

B.    EVALUATION - MONDAY, MARCH 16,  2009, @ the CCS Office, @ 6:00pm

DATES / TIMES / SITES:

IMPORTANT NOTICE REGARDING SITES AND TIMES OF PLAY:  The CCS Commissioner and/or staff shall be responsible for all contracts for sites used during the CCS Play-offs.  The CCS Commissioner and/or staff have sole authority to schedule or cancel sites, as well as full discretion as to the assignment or re-assignment of teams to times and sites throughout the CCS Play-offs.  The CCS Commissioner and/or staff have the final authority in any disputes over sites or times of play, and the decision of the CCS Commissioner is not subject to appeal due to the immediacy of running the Tournament for the good of the whole.  Neutral sites are not a policy of the CCS and should not be expected in any rounds of play.  Sites will be assigned by the CCS for the good of the Tournament.

ADDITIONAL NOTE: Due to probable larger crowds and, thus, possible delays in entering the playing venues (especially at the Finals), all parents and other spectators should be encouraged to plan their arrival times accordingly

* Coaches are expected to come to the seeding meeting prepared to indicate an available and playable location for a 1^st round home game if they are selected as the “high-seed”.  If a school is not prepared to indicate an acceptable site, the opportunity to host will be awarded to the “lower-seed” . 

HOME TEAM: The Home Team (higher-seeded team) shall wear white/light jerseys.  The Home Team bench shall be to the left of the scorer's table when facing the center of the floor.

SCOREBOOK: The "Home Team" is responsible for providing the official scorer/scorebook for all contests prior to the Finals.

LOCKER ROOMS:  Teams should NOT assume that there will be "full time" supervision of locker-room facilities during Tournament play; therefore, it is incumbent upon teams to make their own arrangements for safeguarding their personnel's valuables.

TEAM ROSTERS:
Official Team rosters are due to Justin Peterson, the CCS Tournament Program printer (www.sectionsports.com/ccs/) on or before FEBRUARY 1ST.  In order to be included in the Tournament program, coaches must submit rosters on-line by going to either the CCS web-site (www.cifccs.org, then follow the prompts to "Play-offs/Basketball/Rosters"), or go directly to the Section Sports web-site listed above.  PLEASE DO NOT SEND ROSTERS TO THE CCS OFFICE!

EQUIPMENT: ALL GAMES will be played using a SPALDING ball, the Official CCS Tournament Basketball.

ADMISSION PRICES:  (NOTE:  There is no pre-sale of CCS Basketball Play-offs tickets at school sites.)

FLOOR PASSES:
A.    At 1st & 2nd-Round games, host schools are encouraged to use their own floor passes, in coordination with visiting
        schools.
B.    At the Finals, coaches, stats-persons, team managers, trainers and all other team personnel not in full uniform must
        wear a CCS-issued floor pass in order to have access to the team bench area on the sidelines.  (CCS staff will issue
        the appropriate supply of floor passes to the head coach upon his/her arrival at the Finals venue.)
C.    IMPORTANT!  Floor passes are NOT valid for free admission to the contest - they are only to be used for access to
        the team bench area during that team's contest.

PARKING:
A.    For all contests located at college and municipal facilities, parents and other spectators should be made aware that
        there may be a charge for parking; and should, therefore, allow extra time for possible delays.
B.    CCS member-schools hosting 1st & 2nd-Round contests are NOT allowed to charge for parking at any CCS Play-off
        contest.

GAME SUPERVISION:
Adequate student-spectator supervision MUST be provided by each school participating in the Tournament.  School administrators/faculty who attend the contest should introduce themselves to the CCS Site Director, and tell him/her where they will be located throughout the contest in case their assistance is needed.  It is the responsibility of the school supervisory personnel to prevent and correct any inappropriate behavior of their students or spectators.

SPORTSMANSHIP:  See CCS Tournament Guide – Section 12.
Any player or coach who is disqualified from a CCS Play-off contest for flagrant misconduct or unsportsmanlike behavior shall be disqualified from all remaining contests in that sport that season, including Nor-Cal and CIF State Championships.

TOURNAMENT T-SHIRTS / PINS:
While supplies last, official CCS T-Shirts ($12.00 each) and Participant Pins ($1.00 each) will be available at the Seeding Meeting, as well as on sale at Quarter-Finals, Semi-Finals and Finals Tournament sites.  The CCS Tournament T-Shirt Order Form is included in the CCS Tournament Guide.

RADIO / TV LICENSING:
CCS owns the broadcast rights for all CCS Play-off contests.  Licensing is required.  To ensure coordination of appropriate paperwork and fees, interested media must contact the CCS Commissioner well before the respective contest to be broadcast.  No live TV broadcasts are allowed.

IMPORTANT NOTICE TO ALL PARTICIPANTS AND COACHES:
The CIF-Central Coast Section is well aware that many other school and non-school activities (AP tests, SAT/ACT tests, proms, plays, holidays, senior trips, religious days, etc.) may occur during CCS Play-offs.  The CCS tries to avoid as many conflicts as possible; however, with so many activities available for today's student-athlete, it is not reasonable to assume that all such activities can be taken into account, and thus, CCS Play-off events will go on as originally scheduled.  Participants and coaches are therefore expected to plan in advance for such possible scheduling conflicts and make those difficult choices as to which events will take precedence for that individual.  Generally, although it is ultimately the personal choice of the student-athlete and/or his/her parent(s), an academic activity should take precedence over an extra-curricular event.

STATE CIF / NOR-CAL TOURNAMENT INFORMATION:
State CIF / Nor-Cal Tournament Information Packets will be distributed at the CCS Seeding Meeting to the top four (4) seeds in each Division.  The Information Packet may also be downloaded from the State CIF web-site (www.cifstate.org).