Rhode Island State Final

[chymechowder]

Good job by the crew to stay focused to the buzzer!

Rhode Island high school basketball team loses state title after premature celebration - High school basketball - Boston.com

Thanks for the embed assist!

[JRutledge]

Peace

[RefsNCoaches]

Man...what a way to end a game.

State Final though? Number of fans in the stands looked like a normal Friday night here in Indiana!

We'll draw an average of about 5500 people over 4 classes at the finals held at Bankers Life Fieldhouse.

Back in 1990 when we were one class, a kid named Damon Bailey drew 40K+ at the then, Hoosier Dome for state final. I think that is still a national record.

[eyezen]

Originally Posted by RefsNCoaches

Man...what a way to end a game.

State Final though? Number of fans in the stands looked like a normal Friday night here in Indiana!

We'll draw an average of about 5500 people over 4 classes at the finals held at Bankers Life Fieldhouse.

Back in 1990 when we were one class, a kid named Damon Bailey drew 40K+ at the then, Hoosier Dome for state final. I think that is still a national record.

We're talking about Rhode Island here, whose size is barely larger than the average county.

Which begs the question, how in the world do they have 3 classes?

[deecee]

Originally Posted by eyezen

We're talking about Rhode Island here, whose size is barely larger than the average county.

Which begs the question, how in the world do they have 3 classes?

Freshmen, juniors, and seniors duh!!!

[crosscountry55]

Originally Posted by eyezen

We're talking about Rhode Island here, whose size is barely larger than the average county.



Which begs the question, how in the world do they have 3 classes?

Tell me about it. I officiated there for one season. Each division has a very small number of teams. Their state brackets are smaller than some conference tourneys. I think to some extent it's to make the state seem more prominent than it really is. Heck, RIIL even sponsors a JV state tourney.

But...in their defense, without divisions you'd have Providence power schools routinely beating up on places like Exeter and some of the small fishing towns on the coast.

BTW, those state games are the only times you'll see 3p crews in RI.


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[Nevadaref]

Two questions:
1. How did they come up with 1.0 for the clock? There is no way any official saw that time on the clock.

2. Did the same crew work both the D3 and D2 games? The white-haired guy looks the same.

[RefsNCoaches]

Originally Posted by eyezen

We're talking about Rhode Island here, whose size is barely larger than the average county.

Which begs the question, how in the world do they have 3 classes?

I understand that...just seems funny cause even our Class A (small schools) get more than that in attendance.

[BatteryPowered]

Originally Posted by RefsNCoaches

I understand that...just seems funny cause even our Class A (small schools) get more than that in attendance.

In Texas, our Class A high schools have an student population of 104 or less (they play 6-man football) and in the playoffs there will be crowds as large as the one in the video.

[Rich]

Originally Posted by chymechowder

Good job by the crew to stay focused to the buzzer!

Rhode Island high school basketball team loses state title after premature celebration - High school basketball - Boston.com

Thanks for the embed assist!

I think putting 1.0 seconds on the clock was a bit generous.

[jTheUmp]

Why is the trail standing inbounds on the throw-ins? I can't see any advantage to doing so, and a whole host of reasons why it could be problematic.

[deecee]

Originally Posted by Rich

I think putting 1.0 seconds on the clock was a bit generous.

yup

[BatteryPowered]

Originally Posted by Rich

I think putting 1.0 seconds on the clock was a bit generous.

From what I can see on the clock in the background I tend to agree. However, isn't a timeout technically granted when acknowledged by the official and not when he hits the whistle? That may be why the put a full second back on the clock.

[Rich]

Originally Posted by BatteryPowered

From what I can see on the clock in the background I tend to agree. However, isn't a timeout technically granted when acknowledged by the official and not when he hits the whistle? That may be why the put a full second back on the clock.

He didn't even catch the ball until there's 0.7 seconds left. The coach does immediately call time -- on first watching I had 0.5 seconds as an estimate and I'm happy with that -- still enough time for the winning play. But 1 second was too much.

They should use a monitor in that situation everywhere if it's available.

[BatteryPowered]

Originally Posted by Rich

He didn't even catch the ball until there's 0.7 seconds left. The coach does immediately call time -- on first watching I had 0.5 seconds as an estimate and I'm happy with that -- still enough time for the winning play. But 1 second was too much.

They should use a monitor in that situation everywhere if it's available.

Well, since the release at the end was at 0.7 (meaning 0.3 ran off) then it is a moot point