4 OTs...you've got to be kidding

[Adam]

Had a small school JV girls game go 2 OTs. It was also the most hideous game I've ever done. The score was 18-18 with two minutes left in the 4th quarter. It was 18-18 two minutes into the 2nd overtime. A girl missed two free throws with no time on the clock at the end of the 1st overtime.

[grunewar]

Originally Posted by Snaqwells

Had a small school JV girls game go 2 OTs. It was also the most hideous game I've ever done.

Hmmm, this could lead down an entirely different path. I have two that come to mind:

One was a 7G game where at the end of the first quarter the score was 0-0. No fouls. The only mark on the scoreboard was the "1" for the quarter. As I approached the table between quarters, the clock operator/AD looked at me with glassy eyes and said, "I've been doing this for 25 yrs, and that's six minutes of my life I'll never get back."

Another was a small private school, again 7G, where my partner and I blew the whistle so often for fouls and jump balls the first quarter I had a headache. Quarter must have lasted 30 minutes......I couldn't get out of that gym fast enough!

[Freddy]

Back when doing this to pay for college, when jump balls really were jump balls , the first game of a triple-header, a 6th grade girls' game, that I recall went 3OT's. Final score was in the teens. The next two games weren't much better, but at least they didn't last 2-1/4 hours like the first one. Jump balls really took a lot of time back then, remember?
Two nights ago: tie game; I call a foul on a missed layup with .2 seconds to go, sending a shooter to the line to win the game by 1. Whew, that was a close one!

[Back In The Saddle]

Originally Posted by Freddy

Back when doing this to pay for college, when jump balls really were jump balls , the first game of a triple-header, a 6th grade girls' game, that I recall went 3OT's. Final score was in the teens. The next two games weren't much better, but at least they didn't last 2-1/4 hours like the first one. Jump balls really took a lot of time back then, remember?
Two nights ago: tie game; I call a foul on a missed layup with .2 seconds to go, sending a shooter to the line to win the game by 1. Whew, that was a close one!

I see you've been studying Padgett's book, "Better Living Through No Overtime".

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by Freddy

Tie game; I call a foul on a missed layup with 0.2 seconds to go, sending a shooter to the line to win the game by 1. Whew, that was a close one!

Mark Padgett would give you a kiss, on the lips.