Quick start guide

Basketball Roster Manager is a Windows desktop application made for use by public address announcers during basketball games, which can replace paper rosters and hand-written notes to keep up with fouls, among other helpful features.

Installation

Their are several system prerequisites, one of which is .NET Framework v4.5, however all of them are bundled with the application.

Initial execution

Upon initial execution the program will create a new local database in the user's roaming app data folder. This initial database will have four leagues loaded:

• NCAA - men
• NCAA - women
• Varsity - boys
• Varsity - girls

Data entry

Select or create a league from the League menu option, then select or create the home and away teams from the appropriate drop-down lists. The form is set up in such a way so that you don't have to use the mouse while entering players' jersey numbers and names, making data entry a little bit easier. In order to move to the next field press the TAB key; this will move from jersey number to name to jersey number and so on.

Game-time operation

There are several features that make game-time operation easier.

Foul count

Keeping up with an accurate foul count is very important for announcing basketball. This application will assist in that task by keeping track of the total fouls per player (for the entire game) and per team (for each half).

To add a foul to a player's foul count, simply double-click the appropriate box. Alternatively one can change a player's foul count by changing the value in the appropriate box. Either of these actions will update the totals for the player and the team.

Once a player commits four fouls, that player's total will change to yellow. When they commit five fouls, it will change the row to appear disabled (representing that the player is out of the game). Once a team has a total of seven fouls in a half, the background of the team's total will change to yellow. When the team has 10 fouls, it will change to orange. Here are a couple of things to note about recording fouls:

• Even though a row will appear disabled for a player with five fouls, the foul count can still be changed for that player, as some leagues might not disqualify the player.
• The foul total for players will stop counting at 5, and the foul total for teams will stop counting at 10.
• If the bench or coach is issued a foul, it should be recorded as such so that your total team fouls stay correct.

Jersey colors

The background of the team roster can be changed to match the teams' jerseys. This can help to avoid confusing the teams. This option can be accessed two different ways:

• Right-click on the empty space in the form (i.e. the area between the rosters)
• Open the Options menu By default the background for the home team will always be in white, however this can be turned off in the Options menu.

Roster orientation

When reading a map it is always best to orient the map - that is, to rotate the map so that whichever direction you are facing is at the top of the map. To follow that practice, you can switch the position of the rosters so that the team's roster is on the same side as their goal. This is yet another feature that can help to avoid confusing teams. This option can be accessed two different ways:

• Right-click on the empty space in the form (i.e. the area between the rosters)
• Open the Options menu Note: The rosters will automatically switch sides when the game period is changed.

Active players

Some announcers only introduce players the first time they enter the game. To that end, one can click the In check-box when a player enters the game for the first time.