"The Halls of Learning"

[Jurassic Referee]

"How many halves in a game of basketball?"

If you took a course in "Coaching Principles and Strategies of Basketball" at the University of Georgia, and could answer the above, then you probably could get the same "A" that the ballplayers got who took the course.

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/news/story?id=1750279

I saw the test on Omaha.com, which is our local newspaper online. I about died when I read it. I'm thinking, what an idiotic test! I'm a college teacher myself, and wouldn't give a test like that. No wonder Harrick got fired.

[Dan_ref]

How many points does a 3-point field goal account for in a Basketball Game?
a. 1
b. 2
c. 3
d. 4

[Jimgolf]

No one is buried in Grant's Tomb. It's a tomb, not a grave. President and Mrs. Grant are entombed in Grant's Tomb.

[Jurassic Referee]

Originally posted by Dan_ref


How many points does a 3-point field goal account for in a Basketball Game?
a. 1
b. 2
c. 3
d. 4

Yeah, I had that one wrong.

[Dan_ref]

Originally posted by Jimgolf
No one is buried in Grant's Tomb. It's a tomb, not a grave. President and Mrs. Grant are entombed in Grant's Tomb.

Hmmm...there are differing views on this one. Maybe it should be in the essay portion of the test & not the multiple choice section?

http://www.cogsci.princeton.edu/cgi-...ge=1&word=tomb

The noun "tomb" has 1 sense in WordNet.

1. grave, tomb -- (a place for the burial of a corpse (especially beneath the ground and marked by a tombstone); "he put flowers on his mother's grave")

[Dan_ref]

Originally posted by Jurassic Referee

Yeah, I had that one wrong.

Obviously because you were not watching your area and saw the kid had his foot on the line...

[TPS2859]

Times up!
Please put down your pencils and close your tests.

[Jurassic Referee]

Originally posted by Dan_ref

Obviously because you were not watching your area and saw the kid had his foot on the line...

If I'm supposed to always get the call right, then howinthehell did I get get it wrong?

[Dan_ref]

Originally posted by Jurassic Referee

If I'm supposed to always get the call right, then howinthehell did I get get it wrong?

Good question...one of life's imponderables I suppose. :shrug:

[Jurassic Referee]

Originally posted by Dan_ref
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Good question...one of life's imponderables I suppose.

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If I wanted "less filling", I'd drink diet coke like whatshisname.

Where is the l'il feller anyway? Kinda miss having him underfoot.

[Snake~eyes]

Which one of these is a foul?
a) over the back
b) double dribble
c) reach in
d) both a and c
e) none of the above

[ref18]

I think the test was fair, they were teaching the principles of coaching, how much info is there on that topic to teach and then test?? From the coaches i've seen, there mustn't be a lot.

This would be one of the question's i'd expect:

If the official makes a call you don't agree with what do u do:

a) Tell him to f--- off.
b) Sit down and shut up.
c) Tell him he missed the reach over the back
d) Read a rule book

[Forksref]

How many points for a 2-pt FG?

Apparently, at the University of South Dakota, the answer is 3.

South Dakota was trailing North Dakota by 2 points with time running out. The South Dakota guard shot a jump shot from CLEARLY in front of the arc, made the shot at the buzzer and was awarded 3 points by the scorekeeper. Neither of the 3 officials signaled a three-pointer. The officials ran off the court and the game was over. From the video, it was clear that the shooter could not have reached the 3 point line even if he had stepped backwards with a giant stride after he came down from his shot.

The commissioner of the league later released a statement that, after viewing the video, that the South Dakota player "MAY" have shot the ball from the 2 point area. When the commissioner of the league says "MAY" have, we know that really means he DID and the officials screwed up bigtime.

Unfortunately, South Dakota was not permitted to take their scorekeeper with them for road games as the official scorer.