Middle school mayhem

[mbyron]

Originally Posted by Back In The Saddle

I totally agree, it is so easy to do. One of my standard pre-game items is... "I don't anticipate we'll have any T's, but if we do, we're going to meet before we shoot. It'll give us a minute to calm down, and to make sure we don't shoot at the wrong end."

I think that's the explanation right there. Technical fouls are relatively rare and sometimes the result of hostilities, and adrenaline is designed to short circuit rational thought and make us rely on the limbic system. And then it's easy to err.