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Originally posted by Mark Dexter
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Originally posted by yzrider3
OK, my Bad, I thought they had won state while I was in elementry school and before that. They still went to state, so obviously we weren't that bad. So still...i dont see how i was venting or where I said anything about that rule being national
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I dunno about Oregon, but in Connecticut, going to the state basketball tourney means nothing more than the fact that you had a .400 record - not necessarily a great team.
Next!
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In Oregon, the top 16 teams in the state go to the tourney -- well, they used to. Starting last year, it's only the top 8. Which I think sucks.
But yzrider said they went to state 8 years, which they didn't. They only went six times. There were several times when they played in the play-offs but didn't make it to the tourney.
YZ, the reason I said you assumed they were national rules, is that you're asking the question on a national board. We do not address local rules here. You'd have to ask someone local about those.
I CAN tell you for certain that there is no such rule in Oregon at the high school level, and never has been. Your rule is probably a league rule that was for the middle school league you played in when you were that age. They've probably changed the rule since then, which is why your step sisters aren't using it.
As to the other calls, there's absolutely no way we can address them from there. It's almost impossible to say that another ref's call were right or wrong if we weren't there to see the actual play.
In general in middle school ball, you're going to get young officials who haven't learned all the nuances yet. The trick is to give them a chance to improve, just as you would give your step-sisters a chance to improve.
And furthermore, if you say that mick is the only adult on this site, remember, that also excludes you from adulthood.