Mass High School Tourney problems

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by Kelvin green

Score is 51-52 and there are three seconds on the clock. Why can't a coach trust their experienced players to do the right thing. The players know what the score is and at that point need to win it or lose it on their own.

I agree. I coached middle school basketball for over 25 years. My teams were always taught how to play transition basketball properly, outlet passes, steals, fast breaks, secondary breaks, etc. I never called a timeout late in the game in situations where we needed to score because I felt that we had a better chance to score when the other team was on the run, maybe they missed picking up a man, etc. I only called timeouts in this situation when the clock was stopped, i.e. out of bounds, violation, foul, etc. to gather my "troops" to make sure we knew what to do after the ball was put back into play, and, in some cases, to set up a "special" play.

Over 300 wins. That's my story, and I'm sticking to it.