KEARNEY SNOW JAM February 17-18, 2018 • Kearney, Nebraska • MisterBasketball.com

Dear Coach,

The Kearney Basketball Club and Mr. Basketball, Inc., welcomes you to the 25th Annual Kearney Snow Jam featuring 170 teams from Nebraska communities as well as teams from Kansas.

Enclosed you will find each of the brackets for your team’s grade. Carefully locate your team and note the game times and sites. All teams will play three games. Brackets for all grades are available on our website at www.misterbasketball.com. A results PDF will be updated on our website Saturday evening of the tournament.

Some brackets have wildly different game times within the bracket during the first round to help accom-modate teams travelling to Kearney on Saturday. There may be some games played in the morning with more local teams, with other games in the bracket not until afternoon or evening.

COACHES PASSES: Coaches must checkin upon arrival to pickup their wristband at the admission’s table at the site of their first game. Our staff will put a wristband on you that will be your admission to the gym each day. These will only be available at the site of the first game you will be coaching. Do not remove the wristband until you have completed your final game. Altered or removed wristbands will not be honored. A limit of two coaches per team will be provided a wristband, any additional coaches must pay the daily admission.

ADMISSION: Admission is $7 for adults and $4 for youth in kindergarten thru 8th grade. This admits them to all school sites for all games during the day. There are no single game tickets. PLEASE NOTE: At Kear-ney High School Entry is only available via the Activities Entrance on the west side. Park accordingly.

Clock operators will be provided for all games. The top team in the bracket (or first team listed on the shootout schedule) must provide one person to sit at the table and assist with the scorebook. If one team has a regular bookkeeper, that person can be the official scorer and keep the score in their book, but we ask that they sit next to the clock operator at the table.

We have a very experienced crew of officials working the Snow Jam, including jv and varsity officials from across the state! Please remind your players and parents that players will miss shots, make bad passes, etc., just as officials may miss a call here or there, but they are more than qualified to officiate the youth games and will do their best to make this an enjoyable experience for your team. Inappropriate behavior by coaches, players or fans WILL NOT be allowed and may result in expulsion from the tournament for the individual and/or team. Please thank these people for making their experience available to our youth!

ONE LAST THING: We may run ahead of schedule on some courts. For this reason, we expect all teams to be at their game site, ready to play, 30 minutes prior to the scheduled time. Games will not start more than 30 minutes early, but a lot of times they will start 5-25 minutes early, especially late in the day. Please make sure that your parents, grandparents or any others coming to watch you are aware of this.Best of luck to your team and thank you for competing in the Kearney Snow Jam

Doug Koster • Tournament DirectorPhone: 308-440-7267 • E-mail: doug@misterbasketball.com

Website: misterbasketball.com

2018SchedulePacket

KEARNEY SNOW JAM RULES• Teams & fans should be at the gym prepared to play 30 minutes before game time. We will start games early when possible. Top team in bracket, or first team listed on shootout schedules must provide one person to assist with score book.• 8minutequarters.TheclockwillstoponallFREETHROWS,TIMEOUTS,ANDINJURIES.Theclockwill stop on all whistles the last one minute of each quarter.•2timeoutsperhalf,usethemorlosethem.Eachoneminuteinlength.Nocarryovertoovertime.Eachteam receives one timeout in overtime. No timeouts in sudden death overtime.•Overtimewillbetwominutes,startingwithjumpball.Onetimeoutperteam.Clockstopsonallwhistlesthe last one minute. If tied at the end of overtime, a jump ball will be held to start sudden death overtime (no longer than four minutes, clock does not stop), no timeouts in sudden death. If tied after four minutes, best of 5 free throws will determine the winner. The players on the court at the end of the game will each shoot one free throw. The visiting team will shoot their five first.•Teamswillenterthebonusonthe7thteamfoulofeachhalfanddoublebonusonthe10thteamfoul.• Teamsmayonlypresstoa10pointlead.Nofullcourtpressallowedin3rd/4thBoysbracketand3rd/4th Girls A, 3rd/4th Girls B and all 5th Girls brackets.• Clock rules in games with no press allowed: In the last :30 seconds of the game, if the score is within 5 points, after a dead ball the clock does not start until the ball is controlled in the front court (since there is no full court press). This is true also after a missed free throw in the last :30 seconds. *If the score is above 5 points, the clock runs normally when the ball is in play, if the score then gets below 5 points the clock will not run until ball is in front court.•Halftimewillbe3minutes.Thismaybeadjustedbytournamentstaff.•Allgamesareplayedon10-footregulationhoops.•28.5inchballwillbeusedforalldivisionsexcept9thgradeboys.•Allotherhighschoolfederationrulesapply.•Alldecisionsbythegameofficialsandtournamentstaffarefinal.

TIE BREAKERS:•Inthefourteamshootouts,theteamwiththebestwin-lossrecordwillbethechampion.Ifthereisatwo-way tie, it will be broken by head-to-head results. If there is a three-way tie, the team allowing the fewest points scored in all games played will be the highest place team. The resulting two-way tie will then be broke by head-to-head results. •Theabovetie-breakerwillbeusedtodetermineseedsinthe6-teamdivisions.Ifyouhaveanyquestions,please speak with the site supervisor. Tie breaker rules for five team brackets are listed on the bracket.

We need your help!!We ask that coaches be aware of these few things you can do to help the Kearney Snow Jam go smoothly and be a great experience for all involved.

1. The top team in the bracket (or first team listed in shootouts) must provide one person to keep the scoresheet at the scorer’s table. Please arrange your helper before beginning warmups so that they have time to get situated and are ready to go at game time. A clock person will be provided.

2. Coaches, when your team takes the court for warmups, please go directly to the scorer’s table and put your jersey numbers on the scoresheet. (We don’t need names).

3. When the game ends, please instruct your players to pickup all trash, including water bottles/gatorade and place them in the trash. Please move quickly away from the benches so that the teams in the next game can get situated.

Everyone’s cooperation will help keep games on schedule. Thank you for your help!!

Game Sites & Bracket Abbreviations

Map of the GymsAve. N

39th St.

35th St.

UNK

30th Ave.

39th St.

2nd Ave.

Ave. A

25th St.

15th Ave.

Parking

I-80

Hwy. 30

Hwy. 30

Ave. N

KEARNEYCATHOLIC

SAT Saturday GamesSUN Sunday Games

US UNKHealth&SportsCenterMainArenaSouthCourt(SUNOnly)UM UNKHealth&SportsCenterMainArenaMiddleCourt(SUNOnly)UN UNKHealth&SportsCenterMainArenaNorthCourt(SUNOnly)UH UNKHealth&SportsCenterHPERGym(SUNOnly)KHS 1 Kearney High School Court 1 (Main Gym)KHS 2 Kearney High School Court 2 (Main Gym)KHS 3 Kearney High School Court 3 (Auxillary Gym)KCCC1 Kearney Catholic High School Cope Coliseum Court 1(new addition on east end)KCCC2 Kearney Catholic High School Cope Coliseum Court 2(new addition on east end)KCM Kearney Catholic High School Main Gym (old varsity gym on west end)KCMP Kearney Catholic High School Multi-Purpose Gym (west end)AXM Axtell High School Main GymAXN Axtell High School New Gym

SUNRISE MIDDLE SCHOOL

45th St.

11th St.

KHSParking

Hwy 44

KEARNEY HIGH SCHOOLAt 11th St. go west 2 miles. All gyms at the new high school are accesible from the WEST ACTIVITIES entrance.

AXTELL HIGH SCHOOLFrom Kearney, go 13 miles south on Hwy 44 and then go west 2 miles on US Hwy 6/34 to Axtell. School address is 500 North Main St.

MR. BASKETBALL & MISS BASKETBALLSummer Team Camps

For Players Going Into 9th-12th Grade

Mr. BB Slamfest2 Sessions:

May 30-31 and June 2-380+ Teams / Classes A-B-C-D

Miss BB ShootoutJune 9-10 featuring

64-96 teams / Classes A-B-C-D

Separate Big / Small School DivisionsVarsity, JV and 9th Grade Divisions

5 REGULATION GAMES GUARANTEED!Entry forms on MisterBasketball.com

KEARNEY BLOWOUTMarch 17-18

24th Annual Kearney Blowout featuring 180 teams!

Opento3rd-9thgradeboys&girlsteams.

MarchMadnesshits&thisisagreateventto wrap up your season!

Entry forms are available at misterbasketball.com,

you can even use a credit cardand register online!

Entry deadline is March 1st.

More information:Doug Koster (308) 237-4012doug@misterbasketball.com

POOL A POOL B

BENNINGTON LADY BADGERS 4TH ABA 4TH GOLD

HASTINGS HAWKS 4TH KEARNEY KRUSH 4TH

HUSKIES 4TH LADY MUSTANGS 4TH

POOL PLAY SCHEDULE

#1 SAT 11 AM KCMP BENNINGTON LADY BADGERS vs. HASTINGS HAWKS

#2 SAT 3 PM KCCC1 ABA 4TH GOLD vs. KEARNEY KRUSH

#3 SAT 3 PM KCCC2 BENNINGTON LADY BADGERS vs. HUSKIES

#4 SAT 5 PM KHS 1 HASTINGS HAWKS vs. HUSKIES

#5 SAT 5 PM KCMP ABA 4TH GOLD vs. LADY MUSTANGS

#6 SAT 7 PM KCMP KEARNEY KRUSH vs. LADY MUSTANGS

#8 SUN 9 AM KCCC2

#7 SUN 9 AM KCMP

#9 SUN 9 AM KCCC1

Champions

3rd Place

5th Place

Pool B #1

Pool A #1

Pool B #2

Pool A #2

Pool B #3

Pool A #3

3rd/4th GradeGirls “A”KEARNEY SNOW JAM

February 17-18, 2018 • Kearney, Nebraska • MisterBasketball.com

Players & parents should be at the gym ready to play 30 minutes before game time. Games will start early when possible. Visit misterbasketball.com for bracket updates Saturday and Sunday night.

TEAMS

ABA 4TH BLUE

AC HOOPS 4TH

NORRIS TITANS BLUE 4TH

OGALLALA 3RD

SWEDE SWOOSH 3RD

SCHEDULE

#1 SAT 12 PM KCCC2 ABA 4TH BLUE vs. AC HOOPS 4TH

#2 SAT 12 PM KCMP NORRIS TITANS BLUE 4TH vs. SWEDE SWOOSH 3RD

#3 SAT 3 PM KCMP AC HOOPS 4TH vs. NORRIS TITANS BLUE 4TH

#4 SAT 4 PM KCMP ABA 4TH BLUE vs. OGALLALA 3RD

#5 SUN 10 AM KCCC1 AC HOOPS 4TH vs. OGALLALA 3RD

#6 SUN 10 AM KCCC2 ABA 4TH BLUE vs. SWEDE SWOOSH 3RD

#7 SUN 12 PM KCCC1 NORRIS TITANS BLUE 4TH vs. ABA 4TH BLUE

#8 SUN 12 PM KCCC2 OGALLALA 3RD vs. SWEDE SHOOSH 3RD

3rd Place

2nd Place

Champions

4th Place

KEARNEY SNOW JAM 3rd/4th GradeGirls “B”February 17-18, 2018 • Kearney, Nebraska • MisterBasketball.com

Players & parents should be at the gym ready to play 30 minutes before game time. Games will start early when possible. Visit misterbasketball.com for bracket updates Saturday and Sunday night.