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[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by DonInKansas

They said that the coach did not call off the press until into the 4th quarter.

Actually the coach did call off the full court press, and inserted a 1-3-1 halfcourt trap. And I understand that the assisstant coach was in acting as the head coach, as the head coach was ill, or something.

[cardinalfan]

Our mercy rule is running clock in the 4th quarter when a team has a 30 point lead. If the lead goes back under 30, we do not revert back to stopping the clock.
Had a varsity girls game early this year that was a bad mismatch. Score was 58-8 at halftime, and the good team hadn't played their starters during the second quarter. The team in the lead plays in a classification two levels LOWER than the team getting beat!
Came out after the break and both coaches were waiting for us. They asked if we could run the clock the entire second half. SURE!!! 17 minutes later we were in the dressing room! Luckily one of my partners was our assignor, who is also our area's state rep.

The final score was 79-11, but it could have been 100-0 if not for a gracious coach.

[Texas Aggie]

I agree with JR. We have no business injecting ourselves into the game where it isn't warranted. A big spread in the score doesn't make this warranted.

Incidentally, I haven't worked either school here in basketball, but I've worked both in football. Had they played last year (don't know about this year), the score and winning team would have been very similar/same -- even with a 45 point mercy rule that doesn't kick in until the second half!

[zm1283]

In Missouri the clock runs in the fourth quarter if a team is up by 30. It stops any time the lead goes back under 30.