Sloan-Hendrix School is very pleased to be hosting the 2016 Class AA North Regional Basketball Tournament February 24-27 in the Bill McCurley Gymnasium. Games begin at 4:00p.m. nightly, Wednesday through Saturday. Saturday’s games will be played in a split session with consolation games being played at 12:00 and 1:30. Championship games will be played at 6:00 and 7:30 that evening. All times and rules are set by the Arkansas Activities Association. There will also be additional rules in effect for the tournament. Those rules are as follows:
• Sportsmanship is always a priority and is being emphasized by the AAA. Students and fans are encouraged to be positive supporters and model good sportsmanship at all times.
• Fans are not allowed to walk around the court for any reason. To move from one end of the gym to the other fans will be ask to go up the stairs and use walkway around the top to do so. AAA rules do not allow patrons to be walking up and down the sidelines or in front of the score table during games.
• AAA rules do not allow students/fans to form spirit (run out) lines for teams before the game. Fans attempting to do so will be ask to return to the stands.
• AAA does not allow certain items in the gymnasium during the tournament. Signs, poms, pennants, noise- making devices, electronic instruments, laser pointers, or any other potentially dangerous items.
These rules are in place to insure the safety of all players, officials and patrons of the game. All rules are established by the Arkansas Activities Association and will be strictly enforced.
We hope you will make plans to attend the tournament and support our Greyhound and Lady Greyhounds teams hopefully all the way to State!!