Has anyone had this happen?

[Mark Padgett]

A friend sent me links to two videos of players shattering backboard on dunks. Ironically, the two incidents happened at the same HS gym. They were quite a while apart from each other. Have you ever had this happen during a game? Do you call a T on the player? Was the game "called" at that point? Details, please.

[APG]

Haven't had it happen. The only way to call a T is if we deem the player to be hanging on the rim and he's not doing so to protect himself (player underneath, high speed dunk, etc). The fact a player dunks and shatters shatters the rim isn't an automatic T (except of course dead ball, pre-game, halftime). And I'd imagine the game would be suspended. I doubt most high school facilities would have a backup basket that could be put up in a timely fashion. If this happened in the NBA, the home team is required to have back up baskets which they would set up in replacement.

[zm1283]

This happened several years ago locally. A player who ended up playing D1, also locally, shattered a backboard during an away game. They moved the game into the school's other gym to finish it.

[JRutledge]

This happened almost 10 years ago during a summer game where a kid hung on the rim and it broke. That was the last time such a thing happen and I have not heard of many other than on this site.

Peace