FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS (FAQs)
April 25 & 26, 2009.
The Early Registration deadline is Friday, February 27, 2009. A $25 late entry fee will be added after the Early Registration deadline, and the Final Registration deadline is Friday, April 10, 2009.
The entry fee is $150 (14 & Under, 17 & Under Divisions), $225 (35 & Over, Women's Only Divisions), $250 (Recreational Division), and $300 (Elite Division).
Maryland Hoopfest is open to all players, both male and female.
Each player will receive a Maryland Hoopfest reversible jersey and an official hoopfest t-shirt. Top teams will receive prizes.
You may register online, or download a printable registration form. Please print and mail registration form along with check or money order to the address listed on the form. Any registrations received after April 10th, 2009, will not be accepted and will be returned to sender along with payment.
Maryland Hoopfest is a double-elimination tournament, guaranteeing each team at least two games. There are six divisions of play, and there will be a champion for each division with prizes.
Click here, or please refer to the "Rules" page of this website.
Each team must have 3 players, and they are allowed to have one additional player on the roster as a substitute at no extra charge IF included on the registration form (a fourth player can be added on tournament day for a $25 charge). The fourth player is optional, and is limited to one individual throughout the tournament. If a team with four players on their roster loses a player during the tournament to injury or other obligation, they are NOT allowed to replace that player.
Maryland Hoopfest guarantees two (2) scheduled games.
All games will be played to 15 points with a 25 minute time limit (which ever comes first). Winning by two points is NOT a requirement.
Unfortunately, Maryland Hoopfest does not take individual players and put them on a team. You MUST sign up as a part of a team, all on the same registration form, in order to participate.
Yes; however, the tournament schedule is not in place until the Monday before the tournament, and therefore will only be added to the website shortly before the tournament. Your team will also be notified via email of your first game time and also sent a copy of the bracket as soon as they are available.
If you do not receive a contact within one week of your registration, please email us at info@spectrumsportspromotions.com
Unfortunately, that is not possible. In order to be fair and to not show any favoritism, first game times and seedings are randomly chosen. Games times and bracket seedings cannot be adjusted in order to accommodate teams. If you cannot make your first game time, it will be recorded as a forfeit, and you will be able to play in the next scheduled game in the loser's bracket. However, your forfeited game will be included as one of your two guaranteed games.
Roster changes are not allowed after check-in. For this reason, it is a good idea to utilize the fourth optional player, for instances such as a player being injured and unable to continue. A team can finish a game with two players, but cannot start a game with two players.
If the roster change can be made BEFORE the day of the tournament, it might be allowed as long as it does not affect the team's division placement. For such roster changes, contact info@spectrumsportspromotions.com and explain the desired change.
If there are not enough teams to form a division, each team in that division will be contacted and given the option to play in the other division or the opportunity to receive their money back.
Your parents do not need to be present, but your parent or guardian will be responsible for signing waiver on registration forms.
Yes. Each player should bring his Driver's License to check-in (if under 16, other picture ID is required).
Yes. Each player must check-in at least thirty minutes before their first game in order to sign a waiver form and have their picture ID checked. A player cannot participate until these things have been completed.
The tournament will start at 9:00 a.m. on Saturday and, depending on the number of participating teams, the tournament should be over by 4:00 p.m on Sunday.
Yes. Full service concessions will be available to all participants.
No. Spectators have free admission to the tournament.
Click here for more information regarding tournament sponsorship. Please email any additional questions to info@spectrumsportspromotions.com.
If you cannot find the answer to your question on the website, please email info@spectrumsportspromotions.com
