NCPrep 1A basketball message board

[Adam]

Originally Posted by Judtech

I may be wrong, and if I am I have a sneaking suspicion I will find out soon, but at least around here we are not allowed to call a game a forfeit. Officials note the time and verify the score in the book. All forfeits are up to the state league and the schools.
While not having been there I would think it would be pretty obvious that the player was intentionally face guarding an official. I would ask the player for an explaination, tell him it probably is not a good idea, and if he did it again, the player would get a "T". At that point the coach would have a VERY short leash. I can see the coach telling me that HE told the player to guard me, whichwould then be a very nice opportunity to "T" the coach as well.

That coach just accused you of cheating. If a player is face guarding you, you can guarantee the coach told him to do it; guaranteed, no need to ask. Personally, I'm going flagrant on this. If you want to issue a standard T, fine. But there is no leash any longer, he's either sitting quietly the rest of the game or he's already in the locker room. No 2nd chances on this one.

[Adam]

Originally Posted by grunewar

you would have been in a bad mood.....

You should see my next post.

[doubleringer]

They can try to face guard me all they want. They can't stop me, they can only hope to try to contain me.

Sounds to me like the coaching staff should be less worried about finishing the game and more worried about keeping their jobs. Any decent school system would send them packing.

[APG]

Originally Posted by doubleringer

They can try to face guard me all they want. They can't stop me, they can only hope to try to contain me.

I barely missed my monitor after this!

As for the coach and player, they're getting the 2-for-1 special. And coach is done for the night.

[Mark Padgett]

So - a team is up by 25 with two minutes to go and the fans of the losing team blame it all on the refs. What else is new?

[CMHCoachNRef]

Originally Posted by Mark Padgett

So - a team is up by 25 with two minutes to go and the fans of the losing team blame it all on the refs. What else is new?

Simple matter of math, Mark. Apparently, the coach in question felt that the referee team was worth a triple double. Thus, the 25 point lead was still less than the 30 spot that the officiating team was worth.

[Rich]

The player face guarding me would've gotten the fastest technical I've ever given and then I would've probably ended up with two on the bench.

If it's true (stress on IF) that the officials allowed this face-guarding to happen for a long period of time, then I gotta wonder about the caliber of these officials.