Ever Deal With Fans off-court? Do You Always Ignore On-Court?

[blindzebra]

I love the big student sections...too bad many schools in my area tend to not have them.

Most of the schools in my area that do have their own "crazies" tend to be in the same region and they always travel. Most have the visitors section behind their bench with the home seated opposite from the home bench. That set-up causes a loud cross-fire from the sections. It also puts the home crazies court side without a buffer. That closeness can be fun on some nights...others not so much.

I had a super ball go flying across the court during a girls varsity game. GM came in asking who did it, I could only tell them the direction. There were about 10-15 kids in the first row pointing at the 10-15 in the 5th row, who of course were pointing back...GM threw them all out.

I am far from the AZ record though. A heated rivalry game had a couple of fights break out during the first half with several fans tossed. Another broke out at the start of the 3rd quarter so the officials pulled everyone off the court and had GM clear the entire gym! They finished the game with both teams, the table and the officials. My 20-30 pales to the 2,500 or so that they tossed.