Rules & Format

The Big West ShootOut is an annual campus tour that features a basketball shooting competition for students who attend Big West Conference member institutions. The Co-Ed division champions at each institution compete against each other for the overall ShootOut crown and $5,000 at the Big West Basketball Tournament.

Eligibility
Open to all individuals who have a valid student I.D. including student-athletes, except those who are affiliated with their university’s men’s or women’s varsity basketball teams.

Registration
A team may register for the Qualifying Event up to the start of each division’s competition. Each participant will receive a Big West ShootOut t-shirt.

Categories
There are three divisions: Male, Female and Co-Ed. A student is allowed to participate in two divisions, yet cannot participate in the same division more than once.

Format
Each team who registers will receive a registration number once they check into the competition site. Teams will be assigned courts based on their registration number and court availability.

Men’s and Women’s Division
Round One: All registered teams will get 30 seconds to shoot. The top 20 teams will advance to Round Two. If less than 20 teams register, the top 10 teams will advance to Round Two.

Round Two: The Top 20 teams will shoot for the top four scores in order to advance to the Semifinal Round.

Semifinal Round: The top four teams from Round Two will compete with the top two teams advancing to the Championship Round.

Championship Round: The top two teams from the Semifinal Round will compete for the Men’s and Women’s Campus Championship.

Co-Ed Division
Round One: All registered teams will get 30 seconds to shoot. The top 20 teams will advance to Round Two. If less than 20 teams register, the top 10 teams will advance to Round Two.

Round Two: The Top 20 teams will shoot for the top four scores in order to advance to the Semifinal Round.

Semifinal Round: The top four teams from Round Two will compete with the top two teams advancing to the Championship Round.

Championship Round: The top two teams from the Semifinal Round will compete for the Men’s and Women’s Campus Championship at halftime of the school’s basketball game on Thursday or Saturday night. The winning team will be the campus champion and represent the campus at the Big West Basketball Tournament in Anaheim for a chance to win $5,000. The team will have travel and lodging expenses paid while at the Big West Basketball Tournament and competing for the Big West ShootOut Crown.

Rules
Each shooting spot is worth a different point value, ranging from 1 to 6 points based on the difficulty of the shot. All rounds will be 30 seconds in length.

1. One player begins on the half-court line with the ball. The second player begins at any place within the half court area.
2. The referee indicates when play begins. The player at half court can dribble to any shooting spot or pass the ball to his/her teammate.
3. Teammates must alternate shots.
4. An individual player cannot shoot consecutively from the same spot.
5. Each player must begin his/her shot touching the marked shooting spots on the court.
6. If player 1 shoots, player 2 dribbles or is passed the ball for the next shot.
7. There is no “out-of-bounds”. Spotters will only stop the ball and will not pass the ball back into play.
8. The last shot must leave the player’s hand before the final buzzer in order for the shot to count.

A 30-second shootout tiebreaker will determine the winner if there is a tie at the end of any round of the competition.

The Event Manager has final ruling on all disputes.