Team down 2 with 3 minutes to go - wins by 18

[Mark Padgett]

First eighth grade boys game this morning - home team down 2 with just over 3 minutes to go. Already, I'm thinking of ways to avoid the OT. They have the ball and they get a 4 point play! A1 makes a 3 and gets fouled, makes the FT. They steal the inbound pass and get a 3 point play! A2 makes a 2 and gets fouled, makes the FT. They kept stealing the ball, fouling "properly" while making a play on the ball and the visitors missed all their free throws, most of which were 1 and 1s. Home got every FT rebound and then scored, many times on fast drives to the basket. Visitors had 3 timeouts left and took all of them - didn't help. It turned into a 20-0 run and the final was 48-30. Amazing.

BTW - a kid on the visiting team hit 3 out of 3 three pointers in the first quarter then didn't attempt any more the entire game, even though he kept getting the ball for open threes lots of times. Go figure.

Second game - my partner tossed a head coach after two warnings. Made my day.

[JugglingReferee]

The players on that 8th grade team should be scouted, now that they're scoutable.

[mplagrow]

Scoutable? Nowadays, aren't they NBA eligible?

[SamIAm]

Originally Posted by JugglingReferee

The players on that 8th grade team should be scouted, now that they're scoutable.

When weren't they scoutable?

[JugglingReferee]

Originally Posted by mplagrow

Scoutable? Nowadays, aren't they NBA eligible?

Originally Posted by SamIAm

When weren't they scoutable?

My comment was in reference to the fact that the NCAA has declared that 7th graders are prospects now, and therefore NCAA coaches have communication restrictions on these players. Certainly a team that can swing that much late in the game will raise someone's eyebrows.