All Time Low

[canuckref]

Originally Posted by Zoochy

I had a girls JV/V double header. JV game 58-1. Varsity 67-12. WOW
It was 50-7 @ half time. They ran a slow down Offense (5 passes before they were allowed to attempt a shot) the 3rd Quarter and a stall Offense the 4th.

I feel for you. I hate those blowouts. Heres what I do to make it interesting for me:
I become as precise as possible with my mechanics...no rush, no excitement, so I might as well polish my routine.
I make up nicknames for every player and tell myself jokes (silently)...there not usually very good so I don't burst out laughing in the middle of a play like some nut job...usually.
I do jersey number memorization.
I scrutinize the crowd for funny looking people.
and most importantly...I try and get out of there like a teacher on a Friday afternoon (or any afternoon!)

[grunewar]

I had a Boys 8th grade game the other night where one team didn't score for an entire quarter +. At a few stages they were overly passing like they weren't even trying to score and no one wanted to be "embarrassed" by taking and probably missing a bad shot. Brutal is right!

[daveg144]

I had a girls JV game a couple years ago where the visiting team did not attempt a shot until there was less than 2 minutes to go in the second quarter (they were losing by something like 19-0). They didn't hit the rim with a shot until less than a minute in the half. They scored 2 points in the first half. Second half they were better (maybe they scored 10-12 points).

I wasn't aware of their non-shooting, but my partner was bored so he kept track and informed me at halftime.

Their coach just stood at the end of the bench and made some gestures towards her players, but probably only said ten words to them the entire night.

[buffett]

I have 2 games. In a girl's soph. game, the FIRST basket on the game was scored at the 5:38 mark of the 2nd quarter. In a girl's varsity contest (involving one of the 2 prior schools), a team entered the 4th quarter without a basket and just 2 free throws.

[blindzebra]

I got ya all beat.

Many years ago girls JV, home team has nobody that can dribble against man pressure, I'm not talking a press, I'm talking man-to-man. We averaged about 10 seconds of running clock, loose ball, scrum on the floor, held ball.

We had 63 arrow switches.

Home team got the ball in their FC twice in the first half.

Their only shot was an NBA range 3 point shot after the horn and yes, you guessed it, I wave it off and it went in.

It ended up something like 45-3.

Had a holiday tournament game in a small school tournament and a usual power was matched up against a brand new school. To make matters worse due to a scheduling error I'm working alone. It was 55-0 with 2 minutes left. The girls that played the game before this were yelling advice and encouragement. I managed to get them on the foul line several times down the stretch and even though they never hit a shot from the field they did hit 3 FTs to make it 61-3.

[26 Year Gap]

Originally Posted by daveg144

I had a girls JV game a couple years ago where the visiting team did not attempt a shot until there was less than 2 minutes to go in the second quarter (they were losing by something like 19-0). They didn't hit the rim with a shot until less than a minute in the half. They scored 2 points in the first half. Second half they were better (maybe they scored 10-12 points).

I wasn't aware of their non-shooting, but my partner was bored so he kept track and informed me at halftime.

Their coach just stood at the end of the bench and made some gestures towards her players, but probably only said ten words to them the entire night.

"Shoot" was not one of the words, I am guessing.

[MCJB Ump]

Freshman boys game home team's winning 15-14 at half. Final score 44 - 17 visitors. 16-0 3rd quarter and a 14-2 4th. Never seen anything like it.