Eligibility will be strictly administered and enforced. Coaches are responsible for ensuring all players on team roster satisfy eligibility requirements. Our eligibility criteria is established in congruence with the participation standards within the Youth Basketball Guidelines recently developed by the NBA and USA Basketball, click here to learn more about those guidelines.
Eligibility criteria applies to boys and girls teams.
The Southeast Super Regional Tournament has partnered with National Sports ID (NSID) to provide a safe and inexpensive way to verify your players. You can avoid carrying around your athletes' sensitive information, speed up your team check-in process at events, & add to the integrity of youth basketball by obtaining a National Sports ID for all of your players.
Grade-Based EligibilityGrade-based teams are classified based on the grade they are attending in school as of Oct. 1 of the Playing Year. There are exceptions where some athletes can "play down" a grade level, see notated Grade Exception criteria for each division below.
Please note, the 11th/12th Grade division is a combined division.
2nd Grade - A player must be in the 2nd grade as of October 1, 2018 and cannot turn 10 prior to September 1, 2019.
Grade Exception: An athlete who is in the 3rd grade as of October 1, 2018 and was born on or after September 1, 2010.
3rd Grade - A player must be in the 3rd grade as of October 1, 2018 and cannot turn 11 prior to September 1, 2019.
Grade Exception: An athlete who is in the 4th grade as of October 1, 2018 and was born on or after September 1, 2009.
4th Grade - A player must be in the 4th grade as of October 1, 2018 and cannot turn 12 prior to September 1, 2019.
Grade Exception: An athlete who is in the 5th grade as of October 1, 2018 and was born on or after September 1, 2008.
5th Grade - A player must be in the 5th grade as of October 1, 2018 and cannot turn 13 prior to September 1, 2019.
Grade Exception: An athlete who is in the 6th grade as of October 1, 2018 and was born on or after September 1, 2007.
6th Grade - A player must be in the 6th grade as of October 1, 2018 and cannot turn 14 prior to September 1, 2019.
Grade Exception: An athlete who is in the 7th grade as of October 1, 2018 and was born on or after September 1, 2006.
7th Grade - A player must be in the 7th grade as of October 1, 2018 and cannot turn 15 prior to September 1, 2019.
Grade Exception: An athlete who is in the 8th grade as of October 1, 2018 and was born on or after September 1, 2005.
8th Grade – An athlete must be in the 8th grade as of October 1, 2018 and cannot turn 16 prior to September 1, 2019.
Grade Exception: An athlete who is in the 9th Grade as of October 1, 2018 and was born on or after September 1, 2004.
9th Grade - A player must be in the 9th grade as of October 1, 2018 and cannot turn 17 prior to September 1, 2019.
Grade Exception: An athlete who is in the 10th Grade as of October 1, 2018 and was born on or after September 1, 2003.
10th Grade - A player must be in the 10th grade as of October 1, 2018 and cannot turn 18 prior to September 1, 2019.
Grade Exception: An athlete who is in the 11th grade as of October 1, 2018 and was born on or after September 1, 2002.
11th/12th Grade - A player must be in the 11th or 12th grade as of October 1, 2018 and cannot turn 20 prior to September 1, 2019.
A 12th Grader turning 20 prior to September 1, 2019 is ineligible for the 11th/12th Grade Division and should consider post-high school play.
Eligibility criteria applies to boys and girls teams.
The Southeast Super Regional Tournament has partnered with National Sports ID (NSID) to provide a safe and inexpensive way to verify your players. You can avoid carrying around your athletes' sensitive information, speed up your team check-in process at events, & add to the integrity of youth basketball by obtaining a National Sports ID for all of your players.
Grade-Based EligibilityGrade-based teams are classified based on the grade they are attending in school as of Oct. 1 of the Playing Year. There are exceptions where some athletes can "play down" a grade level, see notated Grade Exception criteria for each division below.
Please note, the 11th/12th Grade division is a combined division.
2nd Grade - A player must be in the 2nd grade as of October 1, 2018 and cannot turn 10 prior to September 1, 2019.
Grade Exception: An athlete who is in the 3rd grade as of October 1, 2018 and was born on or after September 1, 2010.
3rd Grade - A player must be in the 3rd grade as of October 1, 2018 and cannot turn 11 prior to September 1, 2019.
Grade Exception: An athlete who is in the 4th grade as of October 1, 2018 and was born on or after September 1, 2009.
4th Grade - A player must be in the 4th grade as of October 1, 2018 and cannot turn 12 prior to September 1, 2019.
Grade Exception: An athlete who is in the 5th grade as of October 1, 2018 and was born on or after September 1, 2008.
5th Grade - A player must be in the 5th grade as of October 1, 2018 and cannot turn 13 prior to September 1, 2019.
Grade Exception: An athlete who is in the 6th grade as of October 1, 2018 and was born on or after September 1, 2007.
6th Grade - A player must be in the 6th grade as of October 1, 2018 and cannot turn 14 prior to September 1, 2019.
Grade Exception: An athlete who is in the 7th grade as of October 1, 2018 and was born on or after September 1, 2006.
7th Grade - A player must be in the 7th grade as of October 1, 2018 and cannot turn 15 prior to September 1, 2019.
Grade Exception: An athlete who is in the 8th grade as of October 1, 2018 and was born on or after September 1, 2005.
8th Grade – An athlete must be in the 8th grade as of October 1, 2018 and cannot turn 16 prior to September 1, 2019.
Grade Exception: An athlete who is in the 9th Grade as of October 1, 2018 and was born on or after September 1, 2004.
9th Grade - A player must be in the 9th grade as of October 1, 2018 and cannot turn 17 prior to September 1, 2019.
Grade Exception: An athlete who is in the 10th Grade as of October 1, 2018 and was born on or after September 1, 2003.
10th Grade - A player must be in the 10th grade as of October 1, 2018 and cannot turn 18 prior to September 1, 2019.
Grade Exception: An athlete who is in the 11th grade as of October 1, 2018 and was born on or after September 1, 2002.
11th/12th Grade - A player must be in the 11th or 12th grade as of October 1, 2018 and cannot turn 20 prior to September 1, 2019.
A 12th Grader turning 20 prior to September 1, 2019 is ineligible for the 11th/12th Grade Division and should consider post-high school play.