New basketball calendar & rules for the 2020-21 season

[nick_royreport]

New basketball rules from the UIL as they slipped the info in as they announced the fall sport calendar.

• No tournaments of any kind, including showcases
• Teams can have two scrimmages, with no more than four teams can meet at one place for a scrimmage. Sites that are used to have more than four are not allowed.
• There is no more regional tournament, the regional semifinals and regional final will go on as a normal playoff round

[OneChance]

Any idea of when the start of season will be?

[Mean Machine]

So AAU tournaments going on right now this summer in Texas that have 5-20 times the total number of teams of any tournaments that would happen during the high school basketball season is a reality, but 3 to 5 months from now it won't be possible to have something like the Orangefield Tournament? My head hurts, I need someone with that expanded knowledge base like "One Chance" to break it down for me.

[nick_royreport]

59 minutes ago, OneChance said:

Any idea of when the start of season will be?

First day of practice on October 21

First day of scrimmages: October 31

First games: November 6. 

[nick_royreport]

32 minutes ago, Mean Machine said:

So AAU tournaments going on right now this summer in Texas that have 5-20 times the total number of teams of any tournaments that would happen during the high school basketball season is a reality, but 3 to 5 months from now it won't be possible to have something like the Orangefield Tournament? My head hurts, I need someone with that expanded knowledge base like "One Chance" to break it down for me.

AAU does not follow UIL guidelines, of course. Some are self-governed by their organizers and coaches. 

For UIL, there won't be any tournaments for anyone in the state. TAPPS is the only organization at the moment that can host and have teams participate. 

Scrimmages can also have no more than four teams at the same venue

(example: Team A, B, C & D have scrimmages at Lamar University. Team E wants in but can't participate because of this restriction.)

I hop that answered your question.

[Mean Machine]

Naw Nick, I understand all the machinations involved with why things aren't going to happen, my comment was more of a rhetorical (salty) based opinion regarding the overall conditions of current times.

Have appreciated your coverage, hope you actually get to go to a gym this season. 

That's it for me, got to get back to hermetically sealed bunker. 

 

[Coach.Shu]

Just glad we are starting on time and playing.  Praying we finish without interruptions!  

[OneChance]

On 7/21/2020 at 2:23 PM, nick_royreport said:

First day of practice on October 21

First day of scrimmages: October 31

First games: November 6. 

That will make it interesting for the girls that play Volleyball and Basketball.

[BMTSoulja1]

15 minutes ago, OneChance said:

That will make it interesting for the girls that play Volleyball and Basketball.

Yep!  I know at BU, I believe like 3 or 4 of the starting 5 are volleyball girls as well.