Pups Frequently Asked Questions
Below is a list of questions frequently asked by parents and players in the Pups
Basketball league. If you do not see a question that you believe would be helpful
to others, please submit it to Pups at contactus@pupsbasketball.org for inclusion on this page.
 Q. How long is the Pups Basketball season?
A. The first practices typically begin about the third week of October, while games
start in early November and run to the end of February or early March.
Q. Will my child play games or practice during Christmas break?
A. No. Pups takes a two-week break during the Christmas holidays.
Q . How many games will my child play?
A. Junior Division teams play approximately 14 games with no tournament at the end
of the season. All other divisions play 13 or 14 games, with a single elimination
tournament directly after the season. The older division tournaments add one to
four more games during a two-week period.
 Q. What age do you have to be to play Pups?
A. Children ages 7 to 16 for both boys and girls may participate in Pups. Age
is determined by how old the player is on June 1st of that sign-up year.
Q .Do you keep scores and standings during the season?
A. Junior Divisions do not keep score. Instead fundamentals, fun and everyone touching
the ball are stressed. Minor, Major and Senior Divisions do keep score and standings,
with first and second place teams in each division receiving awards.
Q. Does my child get a trophy?
A. Every Junior Division player (both boys and girls) receives a trophy at the
end of the season. Minor, Major and Senior Division players receive trophies for
first and second place for the regular season standings and for first and second
place in the year-end tournament.
Q. Just what is the Pups draft?
A. The draft is the league's way of trying to equalize the playing field in each
of the upper divisions. Minor, Major and Senior Division players are drafted by
ability to create more evenly balanced teams.
 Q. How do I know if my child needs to attend the draft?
A. Players in Pups last season who are remaining in the same division this year
and Junior players (ages 7-8) will not need to attend. However, all players new
to any division must attend the draft. If your child is required to attend, you
will be given a form indicating the draft date, time and place at registration.
Q. What does my child do at the draft?
A. At the draft, players are asked to display a variety of skills in groups of
five or more, with no child asked to display skills individually. This skills
exercise usually takes about five to ten minutes, although you will probably wait
longer for your child to take his or her turn. At the draft, all players wear
numbers as an anonymous form of identification.
Q. How are players drafted?
A. A formula has been devised so that those teams from last season with losing
records and/or very few returning players are allowed to draft new players first.
The actual drafting of players by coaches takes place after all players for a
particular division have completed the skills exercise.
Q. When do I find out what team my child plays on?
A. Coaches will contact all parents with the time and place of team practices,
which begin the week immediately after the draft.
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