The purpose of the IBF Basketball Tournament is for increased fellowship of our young men through basketball. Many of our young men not only get to compete against each other but get to know their peers from all across the country. By having an avenue like the IBF Basketball Tournament, their free time can be spent in continued growth of their relationship with other fellow brothers.

The 2008 IBF Basketball Tournament is being organized by the 2008 IBF Basketball Tournament Committee. The members of this committee are as follows:

Benjamin George    Philadelphia, Pa
Michael John        North Wales, Pa
Roby Mathew        Philadelphia, Pa
Roy Samuel        Willow Grove, Pa

The 2008 IBF Basketball Tournament Committee is overseen and guided by the IBF Conference Committee.

IBF Tournament 2002
25th Annual IBF Conference
Nazerene College, Mt. Vernon, Ohio
June 27-29, 2002  
The first ever IBF Tournament was held on June 27, 2002 at the Donoho Recreation Center at Mount Vernon Nazerene College, Ohio at the 2002 IBF Conference. It was organized and run by Brother Sunil Mathew from Houston, Tx. The tournament featured eight teams: Philadelphia, New York, New Jersey, Chicago, Michigan, Dallas, Houston, and Toronto. The championship game was held on Saturday June 29, 2002 with New York facing Houston and Houston came out as the winners of the first IBF Basketball Tournament.

IBF Tournament 2003
26th Annual IBF Conference
Indiana Wesleyan University, Marion, Indiana
July 2-5, 2003  
The 2nd Annual IBF Tournament was held on July 2, 2002 at the Recreation and Wellness center at Indiana Wesleyan University at the 2003 IBF Conference. It was organized by brothers from the Philadelphia area. The tournament featured seven teams: Philly Mystique, Texas United, New York, PGH the remix, IBA, Colorado, and Chicago. The championship game was held on Saurday July 4, 2003 with New York facing Philly Mystique and New York came out as the winners of the 2nd Annual IBF Basketball Tournament.

IBF Tournament 2004
27th Annual IBF Conference
Asbury College, Wilmore, Kentucky
July 7-10, 2004  
The 3rd Annual IBF Tournament was held in Ashbury College in Wilmore, Kentucky. The tournament was run by brothers from Philadelphia, who makes up the IBF Tournament Committee. The tournament featured six teams: Philly Mystique, Family Affair, Hot Sauce, Ballers, NY Allstars, and H-unit. The championship game was held on Saturday July 10, 2004 with defending champions NY All-stars facing Dallas-based Family Affair and Family Affair came out as the new champions of the 3rd Annual IBF Basketball Tournament.  

IBF Tournament 2005
28th Annual IBF Conference
Anderson University, Anderson, Indiana
July 1-5, 2005  
The 4th Annual IBF Tournament was held at Anderson University in Anderson, Indiana. IBF Tournament 2005 is being, once again, run by brothers from Philadelphia, who makes up the IBF Tournament Committee. The Committee members are the same members who ran the successful 2nd and 3rd Annual IBF Tournaments. This tournament featured six teams. The championship game was held on Monday, July 4, 2005 with defending champions Dallas-based Family Affair facing the NY All-stars and Family Affair repeats as champions of the 4th Annual IBF Basketball Tournament.

IBF Tournament 2008
31st Annual IBF Conference
Mount Vernon Nazarene University, Mount Vernon, OH
July 2-6, 2008 

The 5th Annual IBF Tournament was held at Mount Vernon Nazarene University in Mt. Vernon, Ohio; back to where the tournament had originally started. 

This tournament featured six teams: New York, New Jersey, Philly-A, Philly-B, Team Misc., and Team USA. The championship game was held on Saturday, July 5, 2008 with New York facing New Jersey and New York became (for the second time) champions of the IBF Basketball Tournament. Trophies were handed out to the winners and the Championship MVP went to Boby Manu of the New York team.

To celebrate the 5th Anniversary of the tournament, the Championship Game was followed by an All-Star Game which featured two All-Stars from each respective team. Each All-Star was given t-shirts, either "yellow" or "blue", and faced each other in the All-Star Game. The All-Star MVP went to Johnson John of the Philly-B team who went for 10 points, all from behind the 2-point line.

Golden Rules

In 2004 the IBF Tournament Committee reached out to the IBF Conference Committee and asked for guidance in preparing rules for the tournament. Apart from the game-play rules, these new rules would be a guideline for player conduct while participating in the tournament and conduct throughout the rest of the conference. So in 2004, the Tournament Committee in association with the IBF Conference Committee enacted the “Golden Rules”.

The Golden Rules are as follows:

Rule #1
No behavior which is unbecoming of a believer will be tolerated during the tournament; whether during or before actual game-play. Any behavior which causes a distraction to the tournament or conference will cause the offending person and their team to be kicked out of the tournament and possibly the conference. No verbal or physical garbage will be tolerated at any time!

Rule #2
Each team captain is responsible for making sure ALL team players are attending ALL meetings. The names of each captain and team members will be submitted to the IBF Committee; who will confront either the IBF Tournament Committee or the captains themselves about players who are not at meetings.

Rule #3
IF players are found not attending meeting, they will be issued a warning. If they it happens a second time, the player will not be allowed to play in the next game. If it persists, further disciplinary action will be taken. Please be aware that the IBF Committee, as well as the IBF Tournament Committee will be watching and any suspicion by either committee about attendance will result in disciplinary action. **Please remember the reason why we are here!

The Golden Rules must be agreed upon by the team captain during online team registration or you will not be permitted to register your team.

Game-Play Rules

Game-play rules are still TBD. Please check back soon for updates.

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