Signup Deadline: Saturday, August 17
3v3 in the D will be the premier 3v3 youth basketball tournament in Detroit celebrating competition, sports and community. Held on August 17th in Detroit, this 3v3 tournament will host more than 300 kids for a day full of basketball and excitement. This program will be in partnership with the Detroit Pistons Neighborhoods program, allowing the 3v3 tournament to act as a culmination of a summer filled of positive basketball education in City of Detroit parks. In addition to the tournament, the Detroit Pistons Foundation will provide an afternoon of family fun including 3 point competitions and skills workshops.
Tournament Location: The tournament will be held along the beautiful Detroit Riverfront at Cullen Plaza, located at 1340 E. Atwater St. Detroit, MI 48207. Cullen Plaza is conveniently located close to several highway exits, bus stops and bike accessible.
Age Groups/Division:
Boys 8U
Boys 10U
Boys 12U
Boys 14U
Girls 8U
Girls 10U
Girls 12U
Girls 14U
Rules and Regulations (tournament rules)
PLAYER ID AND SUPERVISION POLICY:All teams must have an adult representative to chaperon the team at all times. An adult representative means an the parent or guardian of one of the participating team members. The Adult representative will be responsible for checking in the team at each game and must be present while the team is in in competition.
GAME TIME: Games are 12:00 minutes with a running clock OR the first team to score 21pts. Start time is forfeit time. Any team showing up past the start time shall forfeit the game.
GAME CLOCK: The clock is a running clock and will be stopped only on these occasions:
1. If an injury occurs in the last 2:00 minutes of play
2. When a time out is called
SCORING: All baskets are two points except those made behind the three-point arc. Baskets made behind the arc are three points. All technical fouls are an automatic three points.
STARTING POSSESSION: First possession will be determined by a coin-flip. Possession will alternate on all made baskets. Must check the basketball on all dead ball situations.
TAKE BACKS: ALL defensive rebounds must clear the 3-point line
OVERTIME: If the game is tied, a sudden-death overtime will be played (first team to score wins).
• Possession arrow determines who will receive the ball first in OT
• There is no clock during the OT period
TIME OUTS: Each team has two, 30-second time outs for the game. No timeouts in overtime.
SPORTSMANSHIP: Any and all acts of unsportsmanlike conduct shall be subjected to immediate player or team ejection from both game and tournament.
UNIFORMS: All players are required to wear matching set of light and dark uniforms to the game so that teams can be properly identified by the referees and scorekeepers. All players will be provided a reversible penny.
Parking Location: Free Parking is available for all participants for the tournament at a TBA parking location adjacent to the 3v3 tournament space. Participants will receive parking information in their post registration materials.
Check-in: Check in will take place at Cullen Plaza. Teams must check in 30 minutes prior to their first game time. A detailed description of the check in process will be provided in post registration materials.
What to bring: All players in high school or below are required to bring a copy of their birth certificate or their school ID (although this rule may be waived at tournament director’s discretion).
IMPORTANT-WAIVER NEEDS TO BE SIGNED IN ORDER TO PLAY: There is a waiver included in the confirmation email with your general information. To save time at check in, please have the waiver form ready and filled out with parents signatures for each player. A guardian designated by parents and accompanying younger participants may sign for participants under 18 years of age.
Games: There are 2 Divisions per Age Group. The format for each Age Group Division is Round Robin with the Winner of Each Age Group Division playing in the Championship Game . The Championship game in each division is single elimination. Games are 12 minutes long or first to 21 points. Baskets are 2pt and 3pts (behind the arc). Free throws are 1pt each. Teams will alternate possession after a basket is scored. Free-throws will be shot: A-shooting fouls (two shots, second one is live) and B- on all fouls in the last 2:00 (one shot and the shooting team retains possession). Overtime is a sudden death period.
Awards: Given to Division Champions. Awards should be picked up at the Tournament Desk no later than 20 min. after the Championship game.
Protests: There are no formal protests in this event.
Sportsmanship: Must be displayed at all times. Any team, player, parent or spectator who is deemed unsportsmanlike in the eyes of the referee or the Tournament Director will be dismissed from the tournament. Those who argue with the referee will be subject to an automatic 3-point technical foul and ejection from the game and/or tournament.
Weather: The tournament will take place rain or shine. In the event of severe weather, delays or cancellation may occur.
Other Events: There will be many additional events taking place at the tournament, including free skills clinics, a three point shooting competition and free throw shooting competition.
Security: There will be security officers and Detroit Police Officers onsite throughout the event and always at the event entrance at St. Antoine and Atwater Street.
In the event you have an emergency (lost child, medical or behavioral), please inform the officer of the issue so that we may take immediate action to resolve the situation.
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