Boys Conference Tourney SemiFinal game tonight.

Team A 48, Team B 30.
Team B has scored exactly 10 points in the second half.
1 minute remaining.
Coach: "Ref, how can we have 10 fouls and they only have 5?"
BktBallRef: "Coach, the fouls were 5 to 5 before you started fouling to stop the clock."
Coach: "Oh yeah. I guess you're right."

Good grief! :(

"Coach: "Ref, how can we have 10 fouls and they only have 5?"

Coach, we just call 'em, we don't count 'em."

Bob

And they got this far in the playoffs?!?!

Davism: "You see, coach, the number of fouls charged to each team is reflective of the number of times each team committed a foul. For instance, if your team has 4 fouls, that means your team has fouled 4 times. If they have 5 fouls, it means your team has fouled 5 times, and so on.

Do you understand how it works, now? If not, I'll be glad to explain it again, only much slower." :D

Tony,
How did you stay awake?
I don't think a team with only five fouls even deserves to win a game. They just aren't playing hard enough.
mick

Had a game a couple weeks ago with only two fouls in the entire first half. The home team didn't foul at all until the fourth quarter. It was just very good girls' basketball, and the defense was textbook. It wasn't boring at all because it was quite fast, but these girls knew how to set legal screens, how to use the screens that were there, and how to defend the dribbler. Now if they could just learn to shoot, they'd really get places.

Tsk,, tsk
 

Jewel, Jewel,

If I may suggest:

It was just very good <s>girls'</s> basketball, and the defense was textbook.

mick

speaking of staying awake, my scorer fell asleep yesterday while scoring, in the middle of the game. The stupid ref (which was me) didn't even notice, the coaches sitting right next to him didn't, and his table partner didn't. Turns out we were in the bonous, but it was too late to correct the error. I definately learned a lesson there, always be sure your scorer is awake:)