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Men’s Basketball Recruiting Calendar
The NCAA places different recruiting rules on sports, and it’s important for prospective collegiate athletes to understand and keep track of the rules. If you break a rule, you ruin your eligibility. If you don’t take advantage of the rules and get as much contact as possible with your favorite coaches, you may not get a place on the team.
Here is a chart of the types of contact you’re allowed to receive from college coaches off of their campuses. If you go to their campus, the only time you can’t talk to the coach is during a dead period (see the second chart).
Allowed Off-Campus Recruiting Contact by Year in High School
| High School Year | Division I | Division II | Division III |
|---|---|---|---|
| Freshman | Colleges are not allowed to contact you. You may send letters of interest, visit colleges on unofficial visits, and talk to college staff. | Recruiting Materials: You may start receiving athletics recruiting materials September 1st of your sophomore year. |
Recruiting Materials: Permissible |
| Sophomore | Recruiting Materials: |
Recruiting Materials: You may start receiving athletics recruiting materials September 1st of your sophomore year. |
Recruiting Materials: Permissible |
| Junior | Telephone Calls: You may receive one telephone call per month through your Junior year until July 31st. |
Recruiting Materials: You may start receiving athletics recruiting materials September 1st of your sophomore year. |
Recruiting Materials: Permissible |
| Senior | Telephone Calls: |
Telephone calls: |
Recruiting Materials: |
Even during the years in high school when students are allowed to be contacted by college coaches, the coaches are limited in how they are allowed to contact the students they’re interested. The NCAA created contact periods of different types, and the types of contact allowed during each period must be followed to maintain eligibility.
Assuming your academics are good enough to make you eligible for college sports, it’s important to understand the NCAA’s Recruiting Terms. (Contact Period,
Dead Period,
Evaluation Period and
Quiet Period)
Division I Men's Basketball Recruiting Calendar 2008 - 2009 School Year
| Dates | Periods (Terms) |
|---|---|
| August 1 – September 8, 2008 | Quiet Period |
| September 9 – October 5, 2008 All live evaluations during the academic year shall be limited to regularly scheduled high school, preparatory school and two-year college contests/tournaments, practices and regular scholastic activities involving student-athletes enrolled only at that institution. |
Contact Period |
| October 6, 2008 – March 31, 2009 (with the exceptions of 1, 2, 3 below) All live evaluations during the academic year shall be limited to regularly scheduled high school, preparatory school and two-year college contests/tournaments, practices and regular scholastic activities involving student-athletes enrolled only at that institution. |
Evaluation Period |
| (1) November 10 - 13, 2008 | Dead Period |
| (2) December 24 - 26, 2008 | Dead Period |
| (3) March 16 - 22, 2009 | Contact Period |
| April 1 through July 5, 2009 (with the exceptions of 1 below) All live evaluations during this month are limited to events approved, sanctioned, sponsored, or conducted by your high school, preparatory school, or two-year college association and may occur at sites other than your school only on Saturday and/or Sunday and not on any weekend during which the PSAT, SAT, PLAN, or ACT tests are administered. Evaluations are permissible only in conjunction with an off-campus contact. |
Quiet Period |
| (1) April 2 - 9 (Noon), 2009 | Dead Period |
| *One men’s basketball even certified by the NCAA held in conjunction with, and conducted in the host city of the NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Championship. | Evaluation Period |
| *April 9, (Noon) - 22, 2009 (with the exception of 1 below) |
Contact Period |
| (1) April 13 - 16, 2009 | Dead Period |
| May 21 – 30, 2009 (with the exception of 1 below) |
Dead Period |
| (1) NBA Pre Draft Camp | Evaluation Period |
| July 6 - 15, 2009 | Evaluation Period |
| July 16 - 21, 2009 (with the exception of below) 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. (Adopted: 4/25/02) |
Dead Period |
| July 22 - 31, 2009 | Evaluation Period |
Division II Men’s Basketball Recruiting Calendar 2008 - 2009 School Year
| Dates | Period (Terms) |
|---|---|
| June 1 – 14, 2008 | Quiet Period |
| June 15 – August 1, 2008 | Evaluation period |
| August 2 – September 6, 2008 | Quiet Period |
| September 7 – October 14, 2008 | Contact Period |
| October 15, 2008 |
Quiet Period |
| November 10 (7 a.m.) - November 12 (7 a.m.), 2007 | Dead Period |
| Period between your initial and final high school or two-year contests | Evaluation Period |
| March 1 – May 19, 2009 (with the exceptions of 1, 2 below) |
Contact Period |
| (1) April 2 - 9 (Noon), 2009 with the exception that an evaluation is permitted at any all-star contest held during the final weekend of the NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Championship in the host city. |
Dead Period |
| (2) April 13 (7 a.m.) – April 15 (7 a.m.), 2009 | Dead Period |
| During any high school all-star game within the state that the member institution is located in | Evaluation Period |
| April 2 - 7, (Noon), 2009 Evaluation shall be permitted at any all-star contest held during the final weekend of the NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Championship in the host city. |
Evaluation Period |
| All other Dates | Quiet Period |
Division III Men’s Basketball Recruiting Calendar 2008 - 2009 School Year
Division III Men’s Basketball has no dead periods, quiet periods, evaluation periods or contact periods.
Related Recruiting Calendar articles:
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Women's Basketball - Updated 12/11/08
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