MEN’S BASKETBALL: GAME MANAGEMENT PROTOCOL SINGLE GAME: Time before start of game Action to be taken 90:00 minutes prior to tipoff Home trainer is available for players 60:00 minutes prior to tipoff Shared court warm‐up 0:00 minutes prior to tipoff Teams clear the floor 0:00 minutes prior to tipoff 0:00 minutes prior to tipoff Introductions: visiting team starters/head coach, followed by home team starters/head coach National Anthem 0:00 minutes prior to tipoff GAME BEGINS 2ND GAME OF A DOUBLEHEADER: Time before start of game Action to be taken 90:00 minutes prior to tipoff Home trainer is available for players 25:00 minutes prior to tipoff Shared court warm‐up 0:00 minutes prior to tipoff Teams clear the floor 0:00 minutes prior to tipoff Introductions: visiting team starters/head coach, followed by home team starters/head coach GAME BEGINS 0:00 minutes prior to tipoff Halftime: Halftime shall be fifteen (15) minutes. Teams shall be guaranteed a minimum of five minutes of warm‐up following half‐time entertainment before the second half begins. Overtime Procedure: The NCAA overtime procedure shall be used for all Northeast‐10 games. 1 minute: Intermission after regulation time. The referee will tell the clock operator when to start the intermission. 5 minutes: Overtime period (s). 1 minute: Intermission between overtime periods. Game Protocol: The host site must provide the following: 
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Game ball Scoring/Time device Scoreboard operator Public address announcer Official score book and Scorer Two (2) 30‐second shot clocks 
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Alternating possession indicator Glass backboards Six (6) official basketballs for visiting team’s use during warm‐up. Towels, water and cups for the visiting team Doubleheaders The court shall be cleared for the second game of the doubleheader immediately after the finish of the first game. The teams will then have twenty five (25) minutes to warm‐up before pre‐game introductions and the start of the game. Game Ball The official ball for regular season competition shall be the Spaulding TF1000 ZK Pro. Each host must provide a minimum of six (6) game balls for the use of the visiting team during warm‐ups, for each Northeast‐10 Conference game. Game Management Representative At each Conference men’s basketball contest, the home institution shall provide and identify to game officials and the competing teams, an athletics department designee on the premises as the person in charge of game management at that event. The game management representative should have access to means of electronic communication in order to promptly address any game management issues during the contest.