Recruiting Calendar

It can be difficult to decipher the NCAA guidelines for recruiting without degrees in law, astrophysics and phrenology -- but here's a head start: the official calendar that dictates when recruits can and cannot be contacted by coaches or other official team representatives.

Please note: In NCAA-speak, a "contact" is anything beyond "hello."

As a general rule, the NCAA sets aside a formal contact period in the late summer/early fall, another in March and another in April. Teams and coaches are limited to 130 person/days of recruiting during the academic year, and get two additional evaluation periods during the summer.

Spans where recruiting is limited to campus visits -- quiet periods -- or shut down almost completely -- dead periods -- are sprinkled liberally throughout the year.

Here are the official dates for the 2008-09 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball recruiting calendar.

NCAA Division I Men's Basketball: Official Recruiting Calendar

Dates	Status	Notes
August 1 - September 8	Quiet Period
September 9 - October 5	Contact Period	Fall Contact Period
October 6 - March 31 (with noted exceptions)	Evaluation Period
November 9 - 12	Dead Period
December 24 - 26	Dead Period
March 16 - 22	Contact Period	March Contact Period
April 1 - July 5 (with noted exceptions)	Quiet Period
April 1 - 8 (at 12pm)	Dead Period
April 8 (noon) - April 21	Contact Period	April Contact Period
April 12 - 15	Dead Period
May 20 - 28	Dead Period	There's an exception built-in to this dead period for evaluations tied to the NBA pre-draft camp -- dates TBD.
July 6 - 15	Evaluation Period	Summer Evaluation Period
July 16 - 21	Dead Period	Teams are allowed contact during this period with players who have enrolled in summer classes or who have signed a National Letter of Intent (NLI)
July 22 - 31	Evaluation Period	Summer Evaluation Period