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2009 ITA KICK-OFF WEEKENDS
Four teams at 15 sites
Jan. 30-Feb. 1, 2009. First round winners and losers
face each other in the second round. The 15 teams
that win both matches advance to ITA National Team
Indoor Championships, played 2 weeks later, Feb.
13-16.
Relevant 2008 Dates
April 18 – Preliminary information posted and
sent to potential host sites
May 23 – Final Rankings released, and
Information/Entry forms. Draft invitations sent to
teams, and host site agreements sent to Top 15 host
sites.
May 28 – Commitments Due from Host Sites (Op Comm
reviews schedules) and Draft participants
May 30 – Draft order and times emailed out to
coaches.
June 4 – Women’s Draft starting at 11 am eastern
time
June 5 – Men’s Draft starting at 11 am eastern time
DRAFT
Participating Teams (60)
1) The top 4
teams per region according to the final ITA Division
I national
team rankings (if ranked in Top 75) (32 teams);
2) Remaining 28 teams in order the final ITA
national rankings.
3) Participation is not mandatory
4) Information/Entry forms will be sent by e-mail to
the Top 75 schools in the final year end rankings.
The Information/Entry form must be submitted to the
ITA by May 28th. The form requests 5 phone numbers
for the school’s coaching staff and administration
that will be used to make contact with each
institution during the draft. It is not a commitment
to play.
5) ITA National Team Indoor Championship host
schools receive automatic invitation to final 16
Procedures
1) 15 host teams are displayed on ITA website. A
link to each site’s schedule of play and whether it
is an indoor or outdoor site will also be displayed.
The web page will be instantly updated each time a
school selects a site. Teams will be expected to
follow the draft’s progress on the website prior to
their call time.
2) The ITA will call out to each school, in
rank order, at predetermined times. The order and
call out times will be sent out on May 30. If the
ITA cannot reach anyone at the 5 phone numbers
provided the call administrator will do one of the
following depending on what the school submitted
prior to the draft: a) remove team from draft or b)
place at nearest geographical site, or c) place at
site with lowest 1-15 seed that has an opening
regardless of geographic location.
3) Highest ranked team not a host/on the board
selects which of the 15 sites they want to go to.
When called they will choose where they want to
play, then the next highest team is called and chooses, and so on.
4) A team is allowed to choose wherever it wants to
go until a site is filled with 4 teams. The only
exception, in order to maintain the integrity of the
final 16 draw, will if a top 8 seeded team(s)
select(s) not to host and is/are first in the draft
order they cannot choose a site that has a
top 7 seed in it, it must select sites with the Nos.
8-15 seeds.
5) The draft will be complete when all 60 places
in the draw are occupied.
6) Pairings will be determined as the draft
progresses. For example if No. 1 Georgia is a host
and the three teams that choose to go there are No.
20 NC State, No. 25 Michigan and No. 41 Wisconsin,
the first round match-ups would be: No. 1 Georgia
vs. No. 4 Wisconsin and No. 2 NC State vs. No. 3
Michigan.
7) A team can decide not to participate during the
draft. For example a coach can elect not to
participate based on the sites/matches available at
that his/her team's time in the Draft.
8) A list of alternate teams will be notified that
while they are not in the original 60 selected for
the draft invitations could be sent to them if teams
elect to “pass” during their draft turn. A ranking
list to No. 125 will be used (in order) for this. If
it is necessary to go beyond No. 125, invitations
will be sent based on the geography of the remaining
sites and selected by committee.
9) Teams are responsible for all travel costs to the
15 opening round sites.
10) If a team participates in the draft, then later
elects to withdraw from the event it will receive 2
unranked losses in the ITA Rankings for the duration
of the season as penalty. An alternate will be
selected in order of final national ranking (using
the same method as in No. 8). If this team is a host
site, the invitations to host will be extended to
the next highest seed at that site. The seeding
match-ups will also be changed at that site.
SELECTIONS
Host Sites (15)
1) Top team
in each region according to the final ITA national
rankings (8);
2) Remaining 7 sites in order the final ITA national
rankings;
3) Hosting is not mandatory. If a team declines the
opportunity to host, it may still participate and the next highest ranked site will be
invited to host.
4) If the top team from a region elects not to host,
the hosting opportunity would go to the next highest
ranked team in the region.
Invitations to host sent on May 23. Sites
announced on May 30
Host Site Requirements
1) Host Sites (HS) will be required to
distinguish themselves as indoor or outdoor sites
prior to the draft, i.e. matches at a site that
submits itself as an indoor site prior to the draft
will be played indoors regardless of the weather
during that event. An outdoor site may play indoors
in case of inclement weather per ITA Rule II.B.13.
2) HS will turn in proposed schedule of play
(included practice court schedule) by May 28 for
Operating Committee review.
3) HS agrees to chair every match in all 4 team dual
matches.
4) HS is responsible with all costs associated with
hosting the 4 matches (balls, trainers, officials,
promotions, etc.).
5) Sites that do not have indoor backup are required
to have access to 12 outdoor courts in the event of
inclement weather.
6) HS required to designate a hotel(s) within 15
miles of site where matches are played.
7) For dual gender sites that require play to start
on Friday, January 30, the men will play first in
2009 (on a rotational basis that will mirror the
rotation for the round of 16 at NCAA tournament the
same year)
8) Practice courts will be made available at the
event site for all participating teams the day prior
to the event for a minimum of 3 courts for 90
minutes per team. At dual gender sites, the HS can
request permission for warm-up courts for all teams
playing on day 2 to be at an alternate site with a
similar surface.
9) Proposed schedules of play will be provided
for host sites. A HS can request to alter schedules
to times that will maximize crowd support with
Operating Committee approval (prior to May 28).
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