Sunday, December 23

Bring Your Own Basketballs!

Teams,

I've been informed that you should (a.k.a. MUST!) bring your own basketballs to warm-up with. We may not have access to any extras and we don't want that to cause a problem for any of our teams. So, please plan on bringing a few extra basketballs (might not hurt to be sure they are marked to identify your team).

Game balls will be provided.

Thursday, December 20

Are You Prepared? Important Notes about Your Arrival at the Tournament

Important Notes about your Team's Arrival

1. Directions and address (for those who use GPS) is on the blogsite (www.aoctournament.blogspot.com)

2. It would be helpful to have the name and cell phone # of your head coach or bus driver. Typically, we dont have to use these, but in the event that your team leaves something at the facility or if there is inclement weather, etc. It's nice to be able to contact your team while they are enroute to/from the tournament site because this can save us all time and hassle.

3. As you are driving to the tournament if for any reason you need to contact us on-site, you may call either Brice Kauffman (863-370-0296) or Greg Mast (217-273-3721). If you don't reach us, leave a message or continue to try.

4. We want to stress again -- PLEASE allow plenty of time for your commute to Arthur. It's critical that we keep to our schedule as much as possible. If your team is not available at your scheduled game time, tournament management will likely require that your team forfeit the game.The schedule is so packed - we cannot reschedule games!

5. For those teams that play at 10:00 AM on Day 1 (Dec 27th) -- please note that we are not granted access to the building till 60 minutes prior to game-time. If your team arrives prior to this, please do not try to enter the facility. Communicate this to anyone traveling with your team in separate vehicles.

6. If you have any other questions that have not been addressed in an e-mail or on Facebook or the blogsite -- please e-mail us or call.

7. Finally, note on the schedules that the home team has been clearly designated for all games. Be sure to bring both sets of uniforms. It's not fair to an opponent to require them to rush to change when they were simply following the schedule.

 When you arrive at the Arthur Junior/Senior High School and enter the gymnasium lobby, let the admissions individual know what school you are with and they will be able to point you in the right direction to obtain your Team Packet and find the appropriate locker-room.

PS. If you haven't seen the game schedule and pairings scroll down here on the blogsite for that info!

Tuesday, December 18

Have you seen the revised tournament schedule?

Please be sure to check the latest edition of the tournament schedule. We had to make a correction to the schedule which affected a few teams. Is your team one of them?

The East Gym and West Gym schedules are updated and posted below. They are posted separately due to some technical issues here on the blogsite. However, keep in mind that the gyms are connected by an area that will feature concessions and restrooms. No need to drive to a separate gymasium!

Game Pairings and Times (East Gym) Released!


Time
Game
Friday 12/28
East Gym
10:00am
B2 – Calumet vs. Tower Grove
11:30am


G1 – Calumet vs. Tower Grove
1:00pm


G2 – Mountain Top vs. Agape
2:30pm
B6 – Tower Grove vs. Lakeshore
4:00pm
B8 – Wabash Valley vs. CAGSL
5:30pm
G3 – Agape vs. AOC
7:00pm
G4 – Tower Grove vs. Mountain Top
8:30pm
G5 – AOC vs. Calumet
Saturday 12/29

9:00am
G6 – Agape vs. Tower Grove
10:30am
G7 – Mountain Top vs. AOC
Noon
G8 – Calumet vs. Agape
1:30pm
B16 – Consolation Semifinal
3:00pm
B18 – Consolation Game
4:30pm
G9 – AOC vs. Tower Grove
6:00pm
G10 – Mountain Top vs. Calumet

Game Pairings and Times (West Gym) Released!



Time
Game
Friday 12/28
West Gym
10:00am
B1 – AOC vs. Agape
11:30am
B3 – First Baptist vs. Wabash Valley
1:00pm


B4 – Cono vs. Decatur Homeschool
2:30pm
B5 – Agape vs. Mountain Top
4:00pm
B7 – New Jerusalem vs. Cono
5:30pm
B9 – Lakeshore vs. Calumet
7:00pm
B10 – Mountain Top vs. AOC
8:30pm
B11 – CAGSL vs. First Baptist
Saturday 12/29

9:00am
B12 – Decatur Homeschool vs. New Jerusalem
10:30am
B13 – Semifinal
Noon
B14 – Semifinal
1:30pm
B15 – Consolation Semifinal
3:00pm
B17 – Consolation Game
4:30pm
B19 – Consolation Championship
6:00pm
B20 – Championship