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THE MARION EDUCATION FOUNDATION PRESENTS
the

 

2nd ANNUAL
 
EAGLE EYE

 

H-O-R-S-E
Basketball Tournament
 
January 23, 2010
Grant Middle School Gymnasium
9:00 AM - 3:00 PM
Age Groups/Cost
K-2 - $5.00
Grades 3-5 - $5.00
Middle School - $5.00
High School - $5.00
Adult - $5.00
Awards for first five places
in each age group. Prize amounts
based on the number of
participants in each age group

Click here to download registration form

 

Proceeds will benefit The Marion Education Foundation to support student activities and programs.

 

RULES: The game will use a traditional format in which two players will play single elimination, head-to-head competition with a coin flip determining the order of play. Once a shot is made, the second player will attempt the same shot once. If that player misses, he/she is assigned a letter (ex. H for the first miss, O for the second, etc.). The player following a miss can pick a new shot with which to challenge his competitor. A referee will be assigned to authenticate the new shots (that the player executed what he announced) and any mimic shot. There is no dunking allowed. Players will have 30 seconds each to create and mimic shots; if unable to make the shot within the time limit a letter will be assessed to the player. Players remain in the game until they have missed five shots following made baskets, thus spelling the word H-O-R-S-E. No shot may be utilized more than once in a game once it has successfully been executed. No player is allowed to defend.

Winning competitors will advance through the tournament brackets game-by-game toward the final game determining the winning contestants. The first three rounds of the brackets (including any added play-in games) will have a 20-minute time limit with the competitor with the fewest letters advancing. Ties at the end of a time limited game will be broken by a Golden 3-point Shoot-Off taken from the top of the arch. The first successful shot in rotation without a successful follow-up by the opponent will advance the winner. (Should the first shooter miss and the second shooter make the shot, the second shooter will advance.) The order of shooting will follow the natural course of the game at the end of the time limit. The natural rotation of shooting will be completed prior to the Golden 3-point Shoot-Off if time should expire prior to completion of a follow-up to a successfully made game shot. The final rounds of the bracket will be played out to their natural completion with one competitor receiving all five letters of H-O-R-S-E before the other. The winner advances on in the brackets.

 

 

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