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Originally posted by canuckrefguy
Did a couple games at a tournament and stuck around to watch the game after....here's what I saw...
Team A, a large-school team, is up by 25 on a small school team from another district. They start the second half with that trick play where they all start at the wrong end and flush two guys on a fast break....one alley-oops to the other for a two-hand jam. Bench erupts, parents in stands erupt screaming and high-fiving. Team B, already having a tough game, now thoroughly humiliated, wind up losing by 60.
I thought it was flat-out sh*tty, unsportsmanlike, disgraceful behaviour by Team A. 
Only saving grace is that same team got b*tch-slapped in the next round by the team that went on to win the tournament. 
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Sounds like this could have been prevent by following the correct procedure.
Officials manual page 30 #217:
"The alternating-possession throw-in to start the second, third, and fourth quarters shall be administered by the Referee at the division line opposite the table.
Indicate color and direction, designate the throw-in spot, sound the whistle to alert players that play is about to begin, and place the ball at the thrower's disposal. ..."
If the Referee does that no team will fall for this trick.
