NIRSA Regional Basketball Championship

• All team players must attend the same institution from any two (2) or four (4) year degree-granting college or university.
• Teams representing military installations are eligible to compete, so long as all members of those teams are assigned to the same military installation.
• Individuals may play on the team that best matches their gender identity.
• Player eligibility will be based on the gender identified on the official team roster.
• Teams are limited to a maximum of one (1) former varsity basketball players on a team. A former varsity player is defined as a student who has been listed on a “school’s varsity squad list”.

• Faculty/staff are not eligible to participate unless they meet the minimum enrollment requirements.
• Alumni are not allowed to participate regardless of any institution’s intramural program policies
• Each participant must present a current valid picture ID prior to each game.
• Each participant must complete and sign a waiver form prior to participation.

All participants must be currently enrolled students at least ½ of full-time enrollment as an undergraduate or enrolled in a minimum of 6 hours as a graduate student.

• Players must be enrolled for the minimum number of credit hours at least 45 days prior to the tournament.
• If a graduating senior is taking less than the minimum required hours to fulfill graduation requirements, they must submit a letter from the registrar stating they will be graduating in the Spring 2024 semester/term.
• Participants from schools on the quarter system must meet the eligibility requirements of the half time enrollment for both the current and the preceding quarter.

Players must not be listed on the varsity roster (or “Squad List”) in the same or related sport (basketball) for the current 2023-2024 academic year.

• A maximum of one former collegiate player is allowed on a NIRSA Regional Basketball Roster.
• Exceptions may be granted to any player that was listed on the roster for less than three weeks.
• If a former varsity basketball player has been listed on a varsity roster or “squad list” for four or five academic years, that player is not eligible for NCS competition until after one full academic year.

A participant may not have been declared a professional in the same or a related activity.

• A professional athlete is one who receives any kind of payment, directly or indirectly, for athletic participation, or who has participated in competition with a professional team.
• A professional athletics team is any organized team that provides any of its players with more than actual and necessary expenses for participation on the team and/or declares itself to be professional.

Players are limited to six (6) appearances in NCS/NIRSA National events or limited in appearing on a varsity roster per sport.

• These appearances can be nonconsecutive, but after any six appearances on a varsity roster (squad list) or NIRSA national tournament roster in the same sport, eligibility is exhausted.
• Enrollment Requirements – add “or be considered fulltime by current institution”
• Former & Current Collegiate Players – update years to 2024-2025