.Please note mandatory check-in paperwork requirements below.

BOYS STATE AAU BASKETBALL TOURNEY

                         MAY 12 – 13                                 VT 2012 BOYS STATE AAU AT UVM

                                                                                 $425

                                                                                Registration deadline April 28, 2012

                                                                                Division I (A teams) and Division II (B teams)

                                                                                AAU card, report cards, and birth certificates are required

All teams must check in at Patrick gym a minimum of 45 minutes prior to their first game. You may leave your team materials at the check in table if they are packaged together (i.e. in a notebook, and not just a stack of loose papers) and clearly labeled. Leaving your materials may result in game forfeiture if players are determined to be ineligible. If you leave materials you must return to sign our coaches' ethics form and make sure all players are cleared or to resolve any issues.

 There will be absolutely no changes to the schedule after it is posted unless they are made to correct our own mistakes.

 Directions to schools/gyms can be found under the directions link under the AAU link in our banner.

 All Non-athletes/coaches are responsible to see that their team meets all eligibility requirements. If a player is found to be ineligible prior to the start of a sanctioned competition, the player will be expelled from the competition and the team will continue. If a player is found to be ineligible after the competition has started, the player will be expelled from the competition and the team will forfeit all games in which the ineligible player was listed on the official score sheet. The team may continue to participate, if applicable, without the expelled player.

 All birth certificates (can be copies), valid 2011/12 report cards, and SIGNED AAU cards must be with you when you check in.

 Also, no more than 3 players per team may be from out of state.

 Please arrive at site of your first game 45 minutes early so your paperwork can be reviewed by our staff before your first game.

 You will need to provide copies of the player and coaches and all bench personnel’s AAU cards.

 If coaches do not have valid and signed AAU cards, they may not coach in the tournament.

 All scorers must have valid and signed AAU cards. Scorers much be adults.

 Player birth certificates and report cards from the 2011/12 school year must also be presented at check-in.

 Report Cards for Check -in: We experienced many issues with check-in at Girls states and thus would like to pass

 on some advice to you. Make sure you have a valid 2011-12 school report card that shows grade level for all players. Review

 this as a coach and do not leave it up to the player or parent. Many report cards we saw this weekend did not include

 the grade level. If a report card is not available, contact the school and ask for a statement on school letterhead attesting

 to the player and the grade level, and signed by a school administrator -Principal, Head of Guidance, Registrar for example.

 You will risk forfeiture if you do not present report cards or other valid school and grade documentation for each player.

 Additionally you can make the check in process easier for you and for us if you have all your materials ready when you

 get in line. Make sure you have all aau cards and they are signed by both the players and their parents. Organize your

 paperwork by player or by type (i.e., have all of Sue Smith's forms collated together, then the next player, etc. Or have all

 the aau cards together, then the birth certificates, then the report cards.) Coaches must have all team paperwork together

 when they check in - do not come into the line if you are missing records as you will just have to hunt this stuff down and

 then come back. You can have a responsible parent or assistant coach stand in line to check in, but the head coach must

 sign our Coaches' Ethics form, so you will have to come back to the table at some point early on Saturday.

 Check in is at Patrick gym, in the front lobby. Please allow at least 45 minutes for this process. If you are too rushed prior

 to your first game, you may be able to leave your documentation with us, but if you play with an ineligible player, you risk forfeiture

 of any games played with that ineligible player. We are glad to answer any questions that you have in this regard to help you.