5-on-5 Tournament Format & Rules 

League Format 

Season Length: 6 weeks 

Games: 1 game per week 

Game Nights: Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursday evenings 

Game Length:40 minutes running clock (except final minute of each quarter will be stopclock)

Each team plays 6 regular season games 

Top 4 teams advance to playoffs 

Divisions by Ages

(10–12) 

(13-15)

(16–18) 

(18+)

Game Format

5v5 full court 

10 minutes Quarters 

Running clock except final 1 minute of each quarter 

Halftime: 3 minutes 

Standard MHSAA Basketball Rule Book

Rosters 

Minimum: 5 players 

Maximum: 8 players 

Players must be listed on roster before week 2 

Fouls 

Each player is allowed 3 fouls per half. A player will foul out after accumulating 6 total fouls in the game.

Bonus at 5 team fouls per quarter, one and one (if you make first shot, you can attempt 2nd)

Double bonus at 8 team fouls (awarded two foul shots)

Excessive contact may result in technical foul, technical foul results in two foul shots and counts against players’ personal fouls. 

Multiple technical fouls may cause a player ejection from a game or team forfeit of that game at referee discretion.

Overtime 

2 minute overtime period 

First team to 5 points or highest score wins 

Timeouts 

Each team receives (2) 30 second timeouts per half

Clock stops on timeouts

Sportsmanship 

Respect referees 

Respect opposing players 

Follow League rules

Unsportsmanlike behavior may result in team disqualification or forfeit