1972 Illinois Game
 

From 1972 the Illinois Class AA title game. Interesting to see free throws shot for common fouls before the bonus among other differences.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ePc19x0418o&t=219s

Who Wears Short Shorts ...
 

Hey. I played under those rules. You got a problem with that?

I remember when one of the teams in the video (Thornridge) was built in 1960 in Dolton, IL. Although it wasn't in my schools conference, it was still fairly close to us (Bloom HS in Chicago Heights). We played some games with them in the sixties and I think I remember attending one of the games. We won that game by a rather large difference. I guess we probably still played some games with them after the sixties but I was out of HS and didn't keep up.

Thornridge had a reputation for being a very nice school.

No. I was born about a month before that so I never saw a game with that rule in effect. :D

Perhaps when it opened. It is a cesspool now.

Is that where they play water polo? :confused:

The 1971-72 season was my first year as a basketball official so I know the rules for the "Ancient Times". I graduated from high school in 1969 so I played under the rules of the "Ancient Times".

MTD, Sr.

Well I have officiated both schools at home and away games over the years. I had Thornridge just last season on the road. I have been to Quincy several times over the years. Both great places to work, but nothing like Quincy High School's gym.

Peace

Rut - have you ever worked any Bloom HS games either at home or on the road?

Yes I have. Worked an All-Star game there once.

Peace

I think this is the first time you've ever made me laugh out loud Mark.

Wow, Quinn Buckner.

And we see that the NBA Summer League has gone two handing the ball to the free-throw shooter on the first free throw.

Fire Up The Flux Capacitor ...
 

Wow. Back to the future.

Does anybody have any more information about this old mechanic revival in the NBA Summer League, like for instance, why?

What I find amusing in this video is the fan shaped backboards.

I graduated from H.S. in 1969 and started playing when I was 9 years old being that being that our next door neighbor coached the boys' varsity basketball and golf teams and later the girls' varsity golf team. I attended H.S. basketball games early on and never saw a fan shaped backboard. Even the small farm schools in the county in which I lived had rectangular backboards in the late 1950s and on.

MTD, Sr.

I also noticed that on a three point shot only one official signals the attempt and the make. The opposite (C or T) does no signaling.