2011-12 Summary of Womenâ€™s Basketball Recruiting Rules

2011-12 Summary of Women’s Basketball Recruiting Rules

Correspondence Telephone Calls Contacts Evaluations Official (Paid) Visits Unofficial (Nonpaid) Visits

Freshman

NONE

None initiated by the coaches. Calls initiated by and paid for by the prospect are permissible at any time.

NONE

100 recruiting-person days during the academic year:

• Not more than five (5) recruiting opportunities (contacts and evaluations combined) during the academic year per prospect

See Bylaw 13.1.7.8 for information on evaluation opportunities during the various periods in the recruiting calendar

July Evaluation Period: All communication (e.g., correspondence, phone) is prohibited with the prospect, her relatives, or any individual associated with her due to her participation in basketball.

NONE

Unlimited number and may be made before the senior year. NOT during a dead period NOT during July

Sophomore

Junior

May send recruiting materials to prospect starting September 1st of Junior year.

• One (1) call in April on or after the Thursday after the conclusion of the NCAA Division I Women’s Final Four

• One (1) call in May; • One (1) call from June 1 - 20; • One (1) call from June 21- 30; • Three (3) calls in July with only

one (1) call per week (no calls during the evaluation period);

• One (1) call per week outside a contact period and unlimited telephone calls during a contact period after July

Senior

Beginning August 1 prior to the senior year may make one (1) call per week outside a contact period and unlimited during a contact period.

Exceptions: 1. NLI SIGNING DATE: May make

unlimited calls to a prospect on the initial date for the signing of the National Letter of Intent and during the two days immediately following the signing date.

2. OFFICIAL VISIT: May make unlimited telephone calls to a prospect during the five (5) days immediately preceding the prospect's official visit.

3. AFTER SIGNED VALID* NLI: May make unlimited telephone calls to a prospect starting the day after the prospect has signed a valid NLI.

First off-campus contact may occur September 16th 100 recruiting-person days during the academic year:


• Not more than three (3) off-campus contacts during prospect’s senior year

• Must adhere to practice and competition site restrictions.

100 recruiting-person days during the academic year:


See Bylaw 13.1.7.8 for information on evaluation opportunities during the various periods in the recruiting calendar

July Evaluation Period: All communication (e.g., correspondence, phone) is prohibited with the prospect, her relatives, or any individual associated with her due to her participation in basketball.

No expense-paid visit until opening day of classes of prospect's Senior year and the prospect must present a score from a PSAT, SAT, PLAN, or ACT test taken on a national testing date (or state administered ACT) and register with IEC. NOT during a dead period Each institution is limited to a total of 12 official visits for the year for prospects.

*ALL signed NLIs must be validated by the Compliance Office

NCAA DIVISION I WOMEN’S BASKETBALL RECRUITING OFF-CAMPUS RECRUITING GUIDE

Effective August 1, 2011

CONTACTS, EVALUATIONS and TELEPHONE CALLS (cont.)

Telephone Calls During Conduct of Athletics Contest

Telephone calls to a prospect [or the prospect’s relatives or legal guardian(s)] may not be made during the conduct of any of the institution’s intercollegiate athletics contests in that sport until the

competition has concluded and the team has been dismissed by the coach.

Telephone Calls - Institutional Staff Members -- General Rule

All telephone calls to prospects (or the prospects’ parents, legal guardians or coaches) must be made by the head coach or one or more of the assistant coaches who count toward the numerical limitations

in women’s basketball.

Visits to a Prospect’s Educational Institution

Institutional staff members may visit a prospect’s educational institution on not more than one occasion during a particular week within a contact or evaluation period, regardless of the number of prospects

enrolled in the institution or whether any prospect is contacted on that occasion. During the July evaluation period, there are no limitations on the number of times an institutional staff member may visit a

prospect’s educational institution.

Tournament Exception

In basketball, visiting a prospect’s educational institution on consecutive days during a particular week to observe a tournament or tier of a tournament shall count as a single visit.

Counting Contacts and Evaluations

Evaluations that occur during the academic year count against the permissible number of recruiting opportunities. Outside of the academic year, evaluations do not count against the annual number of

recruiting opportunities. Contacts that occur with a prospect count against the permissible number of total recruiting opportunities regardless of the time period (e.g., academic year or outside the academic

year). All contacts and evaluations are subject to recruiting calendar restrictions.

Prospective Student-Athlete’s Educational Institution

Any staff member desiring to contact a prospect at the prospect’s educational institution first shall obtain permission for such contact from that institution’s executive officer (or the executive officer’s

authorized representative).

Practice or Competition Site

Recruiting contact may not be made with a prospect prior to any athletics competition in which the prospect is a participant during the day or days of competition, even if the prospect is on an official or

unofficial visit. Contact includes the passing of notes to a prospective by a third party on behalf of an institutional staff member. Contact shall not be made with the prospect as follows:

a. At any site prior to the contest on the day or days of competition;

b. From the time the prospect reports on call and becomes involved in competition-related activity to the end of the competition;

c. After the competition, including competition that requires more than one day of participation (e.g., a basketball tournament), until the prospect is released by the appropriate institutional authority and

departs the dressing and meeting facility;

d. Coaching staff members may send general correspondence to a prospect while the prospect is participating in an athletics event, provided the general correspondence is sent directly to a prospect (e.g.,

the front desk of the hotel, the prospective student-athlete’s personal fax machine) and there is no additional party (e.g., camp employee, coach) involved in disseminating the correspondence

Athletics Events Outside Contact Period

In-person contact with a prospect shall not be made on or off the member institution’s campus at the site of practice or competition or for any athletics event in which the prospect participates outside the

permissible contact periods. When a prospect participates in an athletics contest or event (including a noninstitutional, private camp or clinic) on a member institution’s campus outside of a contact period,

it is not permissible for an authorized institutional staff member to have contact with the prospect until the calendar day following his or her release from the competition. Further, if a prospect is visiting

an institution’s campus immediately before or after participating in an athletics contest or event on the institution’s campus, the prospect must depart the locale of the institution the calendar day before or

after the contest or event.

July Evaluation Period

During the July evaluation periods, all communication with a prospect, the prospect’s relatives or legal guardians, the prospect’s coach or any individual associated with the prospect as a result of the prospect’s participation in basketball, directly or indirectly, is prohibited unless the prospective student-athlete has graduated from high school and signed a National Letter of Intent or institutional written

offer of admission and/or financial aid or the institution has received a financial deposit in response to the institution’s offer of admission.

Communication After Commitment

The restrictions on the forms and frequency of communication shall no longer apply beginning the calendar day after: (1) the prospective student-athlete signs a National Letter of Intent (NLI) or the

institution’s written offer of admission and/or financial aid; or (2) the institution receives a financial deposit in response to the institution’s offer of admission.

NCAA DIVISION I WOMEN’S BASKETBALL RECRUITING OFF-CAMPUS RECRUITING GUIDE

Effective August 1, 2011

The National Collegiate Athletic Association

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EVALUATION DAYS

Academic Year Evaluation Period

Evaluations during the academic year may occur at regularly scheduled high school, preparatory school and two-year college contests/tournaments, practices, pick-up games and open gyms. Evaluations at

nonscholastic events during prospect’s academic year shall only occur during the last full weekend (Friday, Saturday, Sunday) of the fall contact period and the Friday, Saturday and Sunday of the spring

evaluation period.

Summer Evaluation Period

During the summer evaluation period, a member institution’s basketball coaching staff may attend institutional basketball camps and noninstitutional organized events (e.g., camps, leagues, tournaments

and festivals) that are certified.

Coaches Attendance at Basketball Events During prescribed evaluation periods, institutional coaching staff members may attend regularly scheduled high school, preparatory school or two-year college contests/tournaments and practices,

noninstitutional, nonorganized events (pick-up games), institutional basketball camps and noninstitutional nonorganized events (e.g., camps, leagues, tournaments, festivals and organized team practices in

preparation for a certified event) that are certified. The basketball event certification program is not applicable to noninstitutional organized events that are approved, sponsored or conducted by an

applicable state, national or international governing body (e.g., intrastate and interstate high school basketball games, state high school all-star games, international competitions and practices associated

with such contests).

NCAA Division I Women’s Basketball Recruiting Calendar

August 1, 2011 through July 31, 2012

(See NCAA Division I Bylaw 13.17.3 for Women’s Basketball Calendar Formula)

The dates in this calendar reflect the application of Bylaw 13.17 at the time of publication of this

manual but are subject to change per NCAA Constitution 5.2.3.1 or if certain dates change (e.g.,

National Letter of Intent signing dates) are altered.

Women’s Basketball staff members shall not exceed 100 recruiting-person days. A recruiting

person day is defined as one coach engaged in an off-campus recruiting activity of a women’s

basketball prospect on one day; two coaches engaged in recruiting activities on the same day

shall use two recruiting days.

(a) August 1 through September 15, 2011: Quiet Period

(b) September 16 through October 6, 2011:

September 30 through October 2, 2011: Evaluations permitted at

nonscholastic women’s basketball events.

Note: If the PSAT, SAT, PLAN or ACT is administered on a date

that conflicts with fall nonscholastic evaluation weekend

(September 30 through October 2, 2011), evaluations at

nonscholastic events shall be permissible during the first full

weekend of the fall/winter evaluation period (October 7-9, 2011).

(c) October 7, 2011, through February 29, 2012, [except for (1) and

(2) below]:

Contact Period

Evaluation Period

(1) November 7-10, 2011:

(2) December 24-26, 2011:

(d) March 1 through March 29, 2012:

(e) March 30 through April 12, 2012 , [except for (1) and (2) below]:

(1) One women’s basketball event certified by the

NCAA (Bylaw 30.17) held in conjunction with,

and conducted in the host city of the NCAA

Division I Women’s Basketball Championship:

Dead Period

Dead Period

Contact Period

Dead Period

Evaluation Period

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(2) April 6-8, 2012: Quiet Period

(f) April 13-15, 2012:

Note: April 13-15, 2012: Evaluations permitted at nonscholastic

women’s basketball events.

Evaluation Period

Note: If the PSAT, SAT, PLAN or ACT is administered on a date that conflicts

with spring nonscholastic evaluation weekend (April 13-15, 2012), the five-

day evaluation period shall shift to the second Friday following the initial

date of the spring National Letter of Intent signing period through the

following Tuesday (April 20-24, 2012).

(g) April 16 through July 5, 2012: Quiet Period

(h) July 6-15, 2012:

Evaluation Period

(i) July 16-21, 2012, [except for (1) below]:

Dead Period

(1) It is permissible for an institution to have contact with a

prospect who is enrolled in the institution’s summer term (i.e.,

summer session or summer bridge program) and has signed a

National Letter of Intent or other written commitment to attend

the institution.

(j) July 22-31, 2012:

Evaluation Period

Exceptions:

1. Evaluations are permitted during the National Junior College Athletic Association

championship competition.

2. Evaluations are permissible in the following states only during the time periods listed,

provided evaluations outside of the July period are counted toward the 100 recruiting-

person days:

Hawaii: March 1 through May 31 and July 8-31

All states (except Hawaii) that play the high

school basketball season in the spring:

April 8-28 and July 8-31

2011-12 Division I Women’s Basketball

Recruiting Calendar

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

Quiet period: August 1 - 31

1 2 3 4 5 6

7 8 9 10 11 12 13

14 15 16 17 18 19 20

21 22 23 24 25 26 27

28 29 30 31

Yellow - Quiet period

August 11


Recruiting Calendar


Quiet period: September 1 - 15

Contact period: September 16 - 30

Women’s basketball staff members shall not exceed 100 recruiting person days. A recruiting person day is defined as one coach engaged in an off-campus recruiting activity

of a women’s basketball prospect on one day; two coaches engaged in recruiting activities on the same day shall use two recruiting days.

1 Quiet period: September 1 - 15

2 3

4 5 6 7 8 9 10

11 12 13 14 15 16 Contact period: September 16 - 30

17

18 19 20 21 22 23 24

25 26 27 28 29 30


Green - Contact period

September 11


Recruiting Calendar


Contact period: October 1 - 6

Evaluation period: October 7 -31

* NOTE: October 7 - 9 -- Due to the SAT being administered on a date that conflicts with fall nonscholastic evaluation weekend (September 30 through October 2),

evaluations at nonscholastic events shall be permissible during the first full weekend of the fall/winter evaluation period (October 7-9).

Women’s basketball staff members shall not exceed 100 recruiting person days. A recruiting person day is defined as one coach engaged in

an off-campus recruiting activity of a women’s basketball prospect on one day; two coaches engaged in recruiting activities on the same day


1 Contact period: October 1 - 6

2 3 4 5 6 7 Evaluation period: October 7 - 31

* (see note above)

8

9 Permissible

evaluations at

nonscholastic events

ends

10 11 12 13 14 15

16 17 18 19 20 21 22

23/30 24/31 25 26 27* 28 29


Blue - Evaluation period

October 11


Recruiting Calendar


Evaluation period: November 1 - 6; November 11 - 30 *(see explanation below)

Dead period: November 7 - 10

1 Evaluation period: November 1 - 6

2 3 4 5

6 7 Dead period: November 7- 10

8 9 10 11 Evaluation period: November 11 - 30

12

13 14 15 16 17 18 19

20 21 22 23 24 25 26

27 28 29 30 *Women’s basketball staff members shall not exceed 100 recruiting

person days. A recruiting person day is defined as one coach engaged in

an off-campus recruiting activity of a women’s basketball prospect on

one day; two coaches engaged in recruiting activities on the same day



Red - Dead period

November 11


Recruiting Calendar


Evaluation period: December 1 - 23 and December 27 - 31 *

Dead period: December 24 - 26

*Women’s basketball staff members shall not exceed 100 recruiting person days. A recruiting person day is defined as one coach engaged in an off-campus recruiting

activity of a women’s basketball prospect on one day; two coaches engaged in recruiting activities on the same day shall use two recruiting days.

1 Evaluation period: December 1 - 23

2 3

4 5 6 7 8 9 10

11 12 13 14 15 16 17

18 19 20 21 22 23 24 Dead period: December 24 - 26

25 26 27 Evaluation period: December 27 - 31

28 29 30 31


Red - Dead period

December 11


Recruiting Calendar


Evaluation period: January 1 - 31

(see explanation below)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7

8 9 10 11 12 13 14

15 16 17 18 19 20 21

22/29 23/30 24/31 25 26 27 28

*Women’s basketball staff members shall not exceed 100 recruiting person days. A recruiting person day is defined as one coach engaged in a off-campus day is defined

as one coach engaged in a off-campus recruiting activity of a women’s basketball prospect on one day; two coaches engaged in recruiting activities on the same day shall

use two recruiting days.


January 12


Recruiting Calendar

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Evaluation period: February 1 - 29*(see explanation below)

1 2 3 4

5 6 7 8 9 10 11

12 13 14 15 16 17 18

19/26 20/27 21/28 22/29 23 24 25

*Women’s basketball staff members shall not exceed 100 recruiting person days. A recruiting person day is defined as one coach engaged in a off-campus day is defined as

one coach engaged in a off-campus recruiting activity of a women’s basketball prospect on one day; two coaches engaged in recruiting activities on the same day shall

use two recruiting days.


February 12


Recruiting Calendar


Contact period: March 1 - 29 *(see explanation below)

Dead period: March 30 - 31 (One women’s basketball event certified by the NCAA (Bylaw 30.17) held in conjunction with, and conducted in the host city of the NCAA

Division I Women’s Basketball Championship (Denver, Colorado).

*Women’s basketball staff members shall not exceed 100 recruiting person days. A recruiting person day is defined as one coach engaged in a off-campus day is defined as one

coach engaged in a off-campus recruiting activity of a women’s basketball prospect on one day; two coaches engaged in recruiting activities on the same day shall

use two recruiting days. 1

Contact period: March 1 - 29

2 3

4 5 6 7 8 9 10

11 12 13 14 15 16 17

18 19 20 21 22 23 24

25 26 27 28 29 30 Dead period: March 30 - 31

31


Red - Dead period

March 12


Recruiting Calendar


Dead period: April 1 - 5 9 - 12 *(One women’s basketball event certified by the NCAA Bylaw 30.17 held in conjunction with, and conducted in the host city of the NCAA

Division I Women’s Basketball Championship (Denver, Colorado) is considered an Evaluation Period);

Quiet period: April 6 - 8; 13 - 19; 25 - 30

Evaluation period: April 20 - 24 (April 20 - 22 Evaluations permissible at nonscholastic events)

**Note: Due to the ACT being administered on a date that conflicts with spring nonscholastic evaluation weekend (April 13-15), the five-day evaluation period shall shift to

the second Friday following the initial date of the spring National Letter of Intent signing period through the following Tuesday (April 20-24).

1 Dead period:

April 1 - 5

2 3 4 5 6 Quiet period: April 6 - 8

7

8 9 Dead period: April 9 - 12 *

(see note above)

10 11 12 13 Quiet period: April 13 - 19

14

15 16 17 18 19 20 Evaluation period:

April 20 - 24

Evaluation

permissible at

nonscholastic events

April 20 - 22

21

22 23 24 25 Quiet period:

April 25 - 30

26 27 28

29 30 Red - Dead period



April 12


Recruiting Calendar


Quiet period: May 1 - 31

1 2 3 4 5

6 7 8 9 10 11 12

13 14 15 16 17 18 19

20 21 22 23 24 25 26

27 28 29 30 31


May 12


Recruiting Calendar


Quiet period: June 1 - 30

1 2

3 4 5 6 7 8 9

10 11 12 13 14 15 16

17 18 19 20 21 22 23

24 25 26 27 28 29 30


June 12


Recruiting Calendar


Quiet period: July 1 - 5

Evaluation period: July 6 - 15 and July 22 - 31

Dead period: July 16 - 21 *

* It is permissible for an institution to have contact with a prospect who is enrolled in the institution’s summer term (i.e., summer session or summer bridge program) and has

signed a National Letter of Intent or other written commitment to attend the institution.

1 Quiet period: July 1 - 5

2 3 4 5 6 Evaluation period: July 6 - 15

7

8 9 10 11 12 13 14

15 16 Dead period: July 16 - 21 * (see

note above)

17 18 19 20 21

22/29 Evaluation period: July 22 - 31

23/30 24/31 25 26 27 28 has signed a National Letter of Intent or other written

commitment to attend the

institution.

Evaluations are permitted during the National Junior College Athletic Association championship competition.

Evaluations are permitted in the following states only during the time periods listed, provided evaluations outside of the July period are counted toward the 100 recruiting

person days set forth above.

Hawaii: March 1 through May 31 and July 8-31

All states except Hawaii that play the high school basketball season in the spring April 8-28 and July 8-31) Yellow - Quiet period


Red - Dead period

July 12

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