After stopping "rat ball" and doing HS, you won't be blind anymore. :D :D

In Missouri, there is no such thing as pre-season (a MSHSAA school cannot scrimmage another school legally).

During the entire regular season, you can have three types of games, non-conference, conference, and tournament games. All three count equally in the w-l columns. Conference (or league) games count towards that specific conference's standings.

When I think of non-league games, I think of games against of non-conference opponents, but never think of them as pre-season.

Nov 19th is the earliest date this year for all classes Boys and Girls.

Our state tourney begins with district play, the week of Feb 18th for Classes 4,5; the week of Feb 25th for Classes 1,2,3.

I had my first game Friday night. A pre-season game between two teams ranked in the Pre-season Top Ten in the CIS. It was great to be out there. Good teams, great partners, no controversies.

JP

I"ve heard several people that call it pre-season but really that is not a correct lable. Preseason games are games that are played but don't count (NBA preseason, NFL preseason, etc.). The games often called pre-season are really pre-conference or non-league.

Girl's can start scrimmaging against other schools October 27, and their season opens November 5.

Boy's can start scrimmaging against other schools November 3, and their season starts November 12.

I'm counting the days :D

Are these officially sanctioned by your state body? How does it work down there?

Hey! I found the only misspelling in the history of Camron's posts - maybe in his entire life! What do I win? :D

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What you really found was one hand beeing too fast for the other. I type pretty fast and, some times, one hand gets ahead of the other. I usually catch it and correct it myself before others see it. :D

Apparently, your one hand enjoys being too fast for the other. Unless this was some kind of insect reference. :D

The UIL (http://www.uil.utexas.edu/athletics/basketball/) sets out the dates practices can begin and when scrimmages against other schools can start. In Houston, we provide referees for scrimmages for a $50 fee/floor for 3 hours. So if a varsity squad is on one floor, and the JV squad is on another floor, the chapter receives $100. This money is used for training materials for the chapter.

Generally, the host school will invite 2-4 other teams to participate, and maybe they split the cost. The games are usually 15-20 minute running clock type games, and the teams rotate. The "veterans" assist the newer officials during the game with mechanics, positioning, answering questions, etc, and all referees are encouraged to help out. The officials are rotated in and out also, so you are not running 3 straight hours. (hopefully)

I don't think I'm too far off if I say there are probably 10-15 schools holding scrimmages on the Saturdays before the real games start.

Thanks for the Link, Frank. This is very helpful.

Up here in NH we don't start until early December...meetings with Associations latter this month...wish we were starting sooner..

Our first meeting is 11/7. Scrimmages will probably be the weekend of the 24th. Real ball starts the first weekend in December.

Interesting to see the different attitudes towards these types of things amongst the states.

An autographed photo of Mr. Annoying Spelling Guy. Wallet-sized, of course.