May Madness 2011

MAY MADNESS May Madness will be held at the Sarah Heinz House on Saturday, May Starting time will be at 9:00 am with the intent to be complete by noon. The upper age limit for a team member is 14 as of January 1, There is no lower age limit The number of teams will be limited to a maximum of 24. Registration will begin on Wednesday, March 2, 2011 and will end on Friday, March 18 or until all slots are filled. Organizations may register more than one team, but the second and subsequent teams will be put in a ‘hold’ file until it is determined whether there is room for them. To register, contact Norm Kerman at or Christine Nguyen at There is no cost for registration It will be up to each team to build their practice table to the specifications shown.

Basketball 4”

List of Materials 1.3 1” PVC pipe cut to 6” high 2.3 4” PVC pipe – 1 cut to 4” high, 1 cut to 6” high and 1 cut to 8” high 3.Black electrical tape

6 in12 in 4 ft 3.5 ft 1.5ft 2 ft radius 1 ft 12in 24in 16in 8in NOTE: All measurements are taken from the beginning of the arrow. Example: The 6 inch dotted line is measured from the far end of the board. Note: “Basket” closer to the start wall will be at 6 inches high. The “basket” nearer the middle wall will be at 8 inches high “Backboards will be ¼” plywood, 4” wide and attached to the table so that they are 4” above the “Baskets” Foul Line

Beginning Configuration You will start with 15 white ping pong balls in base Black ping pong balls (3) will be on the 1” pvc pipe You may only load 2 ping pong balls on your robot at a time All ping pong balls will have a colored dot (different for each table) so that the referee will be able score each team accurately

Other Set-up Balls that go into the end baskets may be retrieved by the referee and rescored. Middle goal will have a bottom on it so the balls do not fall to the floor Balls that go into the opponents table will be removed at their request but will not be returned to their original team. Balls that end up on the floor will not be returned by the referee Balls that end up on the team’s table may be removed at the team’s request but will not be returned

Scoring End Baskets 1 point for a white ball scored in the short basket 2 points for a white ball scored in the tall basket Double points for a ball shot from behind the foul line Points double if it is a black ball (Yes, a black ball shot from behind the foul line is 4X the score)

Scoring Common Basket All shots for the common basket must occur from behind the foul line Shots from at or in front of the foul line will not count and will be removed by the referee Retreived balls will not be returned to the team 4 points for a white ball scored in the basket Points double if it is a black ball

Black Balls To be scored, black balls must be removed from their PVC stands by the robot. No score will be given for black balls removed or loaded by hand White Balls White balls may be loaded on the robot by hand

Logistics 3 Students will be at the board: – 2 students will be able to touch the robot and will be in control of running the robot – 1 student will be given a judges sheet to keep score with the judge This student will consult with the judge at the end of the match

Other things Alice competition – The title is “The Physics of Basketball” – Be as creative, silly, informative as you wish