The Guam Basketball Confederation and FIBA Oceania in conjunction with 
Mid Pac Distributors and Calvo's Enterprises present the 2010 
Inaugural Gatorade / Monster Energy Men's and Women's Varsity 
Basketball League.  This Varsity League intends to feature the best 
Local and Military teams competing in a high level Varsity caliber 
competition, where the best players on the best teams on island will 
battle for the coveted Varsity Championship for the League, and the 
bragging rights to the title of "Best team on Island".

The following are the specifics of the league to date, and we invite 
each of your teams to join us in this league.  We are still currently 
working on finalizing additional details and are still in the process 
of securing facilities.

The league format is as follows:

1.  Both Men's and Women's games will follow the FIBA Official 
Basketball Rules 2008, inclusive of shot clocks, time outs, ball 
specifications, and the like. There will be no modifications to the 
FIBA Official Basketball Rules 2008 with the exceptions of court 
dimensions and markings for the Key and 3 point lines, depending on 
the Gym site utilized for each particular games. Please reference the 
link below to familiarize yourself with the 2010 FIBA Rules.  MSOA 
will officiate the league.

http://www.fiba.com/pages/eng/fc/FIBA/ruleRegu/p/openNodeIDs/897/selNodeID/897/baskOffiRule.html

2.  Both Men's and Women's teams will follow a double round robin 
competition format.  We anticipate 7 men's teams competing (1.Guam 
Mens Sr. National team, 2. Guam Men's Jr. National Team, 3. Andersen 
AFB Team A, 4. Andersen AFB Team B, 5. Big Navy- Joint Command team, 
6. Budweiser Kings, and 7. MVP Stars).  That equals 12 league games, 
and 1 guaranteed playoff game. So for the Men's teams at the very 
least you will have 13 games total, with more possible based on your 
team advancing in the playoffs.

-For the Women's side we anticipate 5 teams competing (1. Guam Women's 
Sr. National Team, 2. Guam Women's Jr. National Team, 3. Joint Region-
AIr Force and Navy Combined Team, 4. Aloha Maid Masters, and 5. Mixed 
Women's Team (Sponsor and Roster pending).  That equals 8 league 
games, with the top 4 Women's teams advancing to a single elimination 
playoffs, and 1 guaranteed playoff game. So at the very least you will 
have 9 games total with more possible based on your team advancing in 
the playoffs, with the exception of the 5th place team which will be 
eliminated from playoff contention based on final standings.

3.  Playoff format is a Single elimination with all teams on the Men's 
side advancing to the playoffs, and on the Women's side only the top 4 
teams advancing, with the 5th place team eliminated from playoff 
contention.

4.  Games will be played primarily at the University of Guam Field 
House on Tuesdays Nights at 6:30pm and 8:30pm with a dual court system 
( 4 games on that night), and on Saturday Afternoons and Evenings at 
4:00pm, 6:00pm, and 8:00pm, again with a 2 court system ( 6 games on 
that night).

***Please note that between the weeks of May 18th, 2010 thru June 
12th, 2010 the UOG Field House will be unavailable for Games due to 
the Graduation for the islands high schools scheduled for the 
facility.  During that timeframe, games will be played at alternate 
gym sites that are currently being secured, namely FDMS, GWHS, and 
Harvest Christian Academy gym facilities. Games at a single gym site 
during this timeframe would only be 2 games scheduled for a week 
night, and 3 games scheduled for a weekend.

5.  Entrance fees for all teams both Men and Women is $850.00 and are 
due in full no later than April 19th prior to the start of the league.

6.  Roster Size is limited to 15 on the Playing Roster per game day.

7.  Players must play in 50% plus 1 game to be eligible to play in the 
post season playoffs. 7 games for Men's, 5 games for Women's.

8.  League is slated to begin play on Tuesday, April 20th, 2010 at the 
UOG Field house with 4 games on tap that night.

Attached below is a tentative game schedule for your reference, again 
we are still in the process of finalizing participation and and 
facilities. This is only a draft.



There will be an Organizational Meeting on Tuesday April 6th at 6:30 
pm at the FD Phoenix Center to finalize Rosters, Schedules, and 
disseminate and discuss all other pertinent information relating to 
the league including items like by-laws, playoff format, tie breakers, 
code of conduct, ect.  Please be prepared to submit all required 
registration documents on this date.  You will be receiving the forms 
in a later email sometime next week.

For more information please contact Tony Thompson at live4gbc@yahoo.com.