13.17.3 Women's Basketball. The following periods of recruiting shall apply to women's basketball: (Revised: 1/11/89, 1/10/90, 1/10/91 effective 8/1/91, 8/2/91, 1/11/94 effective 8/1/94, 8/14/96, 10/9/96, 7/22/97, 10/28/99 effective 4/1/00, 11/1/00, 4/25/02, 8/8/02, 10/30/03, 10/28/04, 1/10/05 effective 8/1/05, 4/28/05 effective 8/1/05, 8/4/05, 12/5/05, 7/30/10, 1/15/11 effective 8/1/11, 4/26/12 effective 8/1/12, 1/19/13 effective 8/1/13, 10/30/13, 4/26/17 effective 8/1/17, 10/4/17 effective 8/1/18, 4/25/18, 1/22/20, 7/13/20, 1/20/22 effective 8/1/22, 10/5/22, 1/5/23, 1/6/23, 1/11/23)

(a) August 1 through August 31 [except for (1) below]: Quiet Period

(1) Monday through Sunday of the week immediately following the second Saturday in August: Recruiting Shutdown

(b) September 1-30: Contact Period for high school or preparatory school senior prospective student athletes; Evaluation Period (scholastic activities only) for all other prospective student-athletes

(c) October 1 through the last day of February [except for (1) below]: Evaluation Period

(1) December 24 through 26: Dead Period

(d) March 1 through Wednesday prior to the NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Championship game: Contact Period for high school or preparatory school senior prospective student athletes; Evaluation Period (scholastic activities only) for all other prospective student-athletes

(e) Thursday prior to the NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Championship game through the following Monday: Dead Period

(f) Tuesday immediately following the Division I Women's Basketball Championship game through July 31 [except for (1) through (10) below]: Quiet Period

(1) The third weekend (Friday through Sunday) in April [except for (i) and (ii) below]: Evaluation Period (evaluations at certified nonscholastic events only)

(i) Evaluations at nonscholastic events shall not occur during any weekend (including Friday, Saturday and Sunday) during which the PSAT, SAT or ACT national standardized tests are administered or during the Easter weekend.

(ii) If the PSAT, SAT or ACT is administered or if Easter occurs during the third weekend in April, the April nonscholastic evaluation weekend (including Friday, Saturday and Sunday) shall occur during the fourth weekend in April.

(2) Monday immediately after the first Sunday in May through the second Sunday in May: Recruiting Shutdown

(3) The third weekend (Friday, Saturday and Sunday) of May: Evaluation Period (including evaluations at certified nonscholastic events)

(4) Tuesday and Wednesday immediately prior to Father's Day: Dead Period

(5) Thursday, Friday and Saturday immediately prior to Father's Day: Evaluation Period (for approved scholastic events only)

(6) Wednesday and Thursday immediately prior to the second weekend (Saturday and Sunday) in July: Dead Period

(7) Friday through Monday of the second weekend in July: Evaluation Period

(8) Tuesday after the second weekend (Saturday and Sunday) through Monday prior to the fourth weekend (Saturday and Sunday) in July: Dead Period

(9) Friday through Monday of the weekend preceding the College Basketball Academy: Evaluation Period

(i) If the College Basketball Academy begins on a Monday, that day shall be an Evaluation Period for the College Basketball Academy only.

(10) The days when the College Basketball Academy is conducted: Evaluation Period (for College Basketball Academy only)

(g) During the National Junior College Athletic Association championship competition: Evaluation Period

(h) The following state-specific evaluation times are permissible:

(1) In those states that play the high school basketball season in the spring, evaluations shall be permissible only April 8-28 and July 8-31.