Details on the C What You Got Tournament

Following is information on the C-What-U-Got Tournament. Please review carefully and distribute to your coaches and parents.

Website

Most of the information on the tournament is contained on the website at:

http://www.bvchea.org/athletics/Basketball/tournament.html

Parking

Parking on Friday at Texas A&M is not free. You must either purchase a day permit or use the parking garage. This is explained in detail on the web site.

If you want a day parking permit, send an email to us at schulztx@gmail.com before by noon Wednesday, November the 4th. We will have volunteers outside in the parking lot (100i) to give you your day pass. They will need to collect $10.00 from you at that time. Cash or checks only.

Parking on Saturday is free

Hotels

If you need any help with hotels let us know. There many choices in town, and many new hotels.

Tournament Rules

Tournament rules: clocks, game time, etc. are on the web site. Tie breakers in Pool play will be head-to-head competition. Second tie breaker will be point differential. (Maximum 15 points per game).

Balls, Clocks, and Books

Home teams will provide game ball (or agree on a game ball with the visiting team).

Home team will have the official book. Please work with the clock operator and the visiting team to verify points, fouls, etc at quarter breaks.

We would like every visiting team to provide a someone to run the clock. We will have clock operator at the games, but we always need more help. If you don't have someone who can run the clock, please let me know.

Schedule

I have heard no more problems with the schedule, so we will consider version 4, sent out Thursday night - final.

Scoring

Please help us get the scores posted. We will have a scoring table at the Rec Center. Home team will be responsible to see that the score is reported. The score can also be texted to 979-492-3993

Inside the Rec Center

Please keep your player and siblings in the 4 gym area where the games are played. Please don't allow them to roam the Rec Center. Also remember that only plastic bottles are allowed in the Rec center and food should not be taken inside the gyms. Please help us keep the gyms clean and picked up.

Gate Fees and Directions to the Rec Center to Our Tournament

Gate fees for the tournament are:

• $25.00 - Full Tournament pass for a family
• $12.50 - Day Tournament pass for family
• $5.00 - Day Tournament pass for an individual
• $2.50 - Day Tournament pass for an student
• Children 5 and under are free

Directions to the Texas A&M Recreation Center

From the south/west - (Caldwell on highway 21).

• As you near Bryan take highway 47 south into College Station
• Merge right with Highway 60 and travel east
• After passing Easterwood airport, take a right onto FM 2818 and travel south
• after about 1 mile and turn left onto George Bush Drive
• Before reaching Olsen field (the baseball field) turn left onto Olsen Drive
• On Friday - pass the rec-center and enter the parking garage
• On Saturday - enter parking Lot (100K)
  

From the North or South - (Highway 6).

• In College Station turn on Harvey Road (Highway 30) and travel west.
• After about 2 miles, turn right on Texas Ave.
• After about 500 yards - turn left on George Bush Ave.
• After you pass the main campus (on the right), cross the tracks, pass Olsen field, and turn right on Olsen Drive.
• On Friday - pass the rec center and enter the parking garage
• On Saturday - enter parking Lot (100K)

Time to sign-up to help with the C What You Got Tournament

In order to get free entrance to all tournament games you family will need to commit to helping for 2 hours each day. It can be split up between family members.
Please email the following people to indicate that you plan to help them. Sign-up by contacting these people.

Gate and admission to the tournament -
Christina Branscum Christina_Branscum@uss.Salvationarmy.org

Parking attendants on Friday - David Vanadore DV1224@aol.com,

Recording brackets and scores - Terri Homan miteyoverlord@aol.com

Cooking - Terry Hoelscher thoelsch@txcyber.com

Concessions - Dan Hale dhale@tamu.edu and Jud Allen

Game Clock - Jud Allen

You can always see the latest BVCHEA Basketball information and important links to documents and forms at the bvcheabb.blogspot.com

C What You Got Basketball Tournament

The Schedule for out Tournament is out. It can be downloaded from the Blog Remember it will be held November 6 and 7 at the Texas A&M University Rec Center. There will be a few games on Saturday at the Lincoln Center. In a furtue blog message we will be putting out a volunteer list . Every family that volunteers for two hours of work at the tournament each day will get free admission.

You can always see the latest BVCHEA Basketball information and important links to documents and forms at the bvcheabb.blogspot.com

BVCHEA Basketball Committee Meeting at Aldersgate UMC on Monday October 19 at 7pm

Everyone is invited to attend out Basketball Committee Meeting that will be held October 19 at 7pm at Aldersgate UMC. Our most important item of business will be the C What You Got Basketball Tournament.

See you then