Basketball League Information

Eligiblity

  • ASAA Registration on the SRS must be completed for all JUNIOR and SENIOR teams by December 15.
  • Junior players must be in grade 10 or 11.
  • Senior players can be in any grade.
    • A Junior player is allowed to play one Metro scheduled game at the Senior level. Once the Junior player participates in a second Metro game at the Senior level, they must remain at the Senior level for the remainder of that season.
  • Students must be under 19 as of September 1 of the school year, have a maximum of three years of athletic eligibility beginning at the start of grade 10, and must carry a minimum of 800 instructional minutes per week.
  • Students on Senior teams may not play on a non-school team in basketball once regular season play has begun; students on Junior teams are still able to participate on non-school teams.
  • Games won by teams using ineligible players will result in the loss of those games.

No Change Zone

  • By Metro Athletics rule, all gymnasiums and rented external game facilities are "NO CHANGE ZONES." Students of any gender must report to dressing rooms to change their attire if needed.

Winning Team

  • Winning teams must report the score by using the TeamLinkt App or online at metroathletics.ca upon completion of the game.

Home Team Responsibilities

  • At least 3 minor officials
    • Gamesheet official scorekeeper, time and score clock operator, 24 second shot clock operator
  • Gamesheet
  • Game ball - Spalding Top Flite 1000 or TF1000 ZK Pro
  • Benches or chairs to accommodate both teams
  • A room for visiting team to meet
  • Access to gym for full 15 minute official warmup, Gym should be set up and ready no less than 20 minutes prior to tip off
  • A locked room for officials to change and store their personal items

Visiting Team

  • Guaranteed minimum 15 minute warmup. 
  • Must not enter the gym until invited in, or they may enter 20 mins before game time if there is a practice running before the game
  • Will be provided a room to meet.
  • If a visiting team is arriving late, they should phone the home team (most AD's and coaches have provided cell phone numbers).
  • Visiting team has the right, should they so choose, to place a person at the scoretable to oversee their team's interest.

Supervision

  • Staff sponsors must be provided for any "out-of-school" coaches and sponsors must be in attendance at all games. Staff sponsors must be employees of the respective school or school district. The staff sponsor must be present during the entire game and present themselves to the opposing team if needed. If there is no staff sponsor present, the game will be considered a default.

Referees

  • Referees for League & Playoff games are organized by the Metro Office.
  • Schools will need to book referees for their own tournaments.
  • All concerns with EBOA referees during league and playoff games must be sent to the Metro Office.  Schools are not to contact the EBOA directly for referee concerns.
  • Referee issues at tournaments are the responsiblity of the schools participating. 

Play Dates and Times

  • Game times are typically 5:00 PM for a first game and 6:30 PM for a second game.
  • Typical play dates are Seniors on Monday/Wednesday and Juniors on Tuesday/Thursday. In doubleheaders, typically girls will have the 5:00 PM start time on Monday/Tuesday and boys will have the 5:00 PM start time on Wednesday/Thursday.
  • If there is only one scheduled game, that game will begin at 5:30 PM.
  • Any of the above trends may be altered to accommodate scheduling needs. Refer to the schedules posted.

Game Rules

  • The playing rules governing basketball shall be the FIBA rules with the following notes and modifications:
    • Official FIBA rule change: recgonized jersey numbers are 00, 0, and 1-99.
    • As per FIBA rules, 5 minute overtime periods will be used to break ties
    • 10 minute half time
    • Official ASAA Game Ball: Spalding Top Flite 1000 or TF1000ZKPro
      • Size 7 for boys, size 6 for girls
  • As per the 2019 Membership meeting, Dunking is now permitted in warmups and in games. 
  • 15 Players can be rostered each game
  • Players must play in one regular season game with a team to be eligible for playoffs
  • Games won by default/forfeit will be recorded as 30-0
  • A staff sponsor must be present for all Metro games.  Should the staff sponsor be DQ'd from the game, if they are the only adult, they may remain in the gym, away from the court, and cannot involve themselves in the game in any matter.  Should this not occur, the referees may end the game due to non compliance.  Should there be more than 1 adult on the bench, the DQ'd coach must leave the gym area completely.
  • Noisemakers of any kind are not permitted

Uniform Rules

  • In the event of clashing uniforms, the home team shall change (applies to exhibition and regular season games).
  • Full-length undergarments (tops or bottoms) are not permitted. 
  • Exceptions to the FIBA rules will be made at the discretion of the Metro Executive.  

Rescheduling Games

  • If games must be rescheduled, the teams/schools must agree on a valid reschedule date and then report it to the Metro Office. The Metro Office will confirm that the change is acceptable and notify officials.
  • Changes made within 24 hours of a game may result in the schools being charged for referee fees.

Standings and Tiebreakers

  • Ties will be broken as follows, starting at the top of this list and stopping as soon as the tie is able to be broken.
    • Win/loss record in games involving tied teams
    • Points for minus points against in games involving tied teams (if all teams have played)
    • Points for minus points against in games involving highest 3 ranked common opponents 
    • Points for minus points against in games involving highest 2 ranked common opponents
    • Points for minus points against in games involving highest 1 ranked common opponents
    • Points for minus points against in all games
  • Note: in ties involving 3 or more teams, as soon as a tiebreaking method separates one team from the others involved in the tie, the remaining tied teams return to the top of the list to begin breaking their tie.

Provincial Representation

  • Any team advancing to the Division 1 Championship game will receive a berth to provincials in their classification.
  • 4A - will use the Division 1 playoffs to determine representation, with extra games added only as needed.
  • 3A - zone playoff will be scheduled based on previous years' format, with top 8 teams ranked by coaches and challenge games possible for the 9, 10, 11, etc ranked teams to challenge the 8, 7, 6, etc ranked teams, respectively, to get into the tournament.
  • 2A - zone playoff involving all 2A teams with intent to compete.
  • 1A - zone playoff involving all 1A teams with intent to compete.