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A couple of years back I went to watch DeMatha play some school from the midwest, I believe they were from Indiana. The game was played at the newly opened MCI center in downtown Washington, D.C. and probably had a crowd of 7,000.
The three officials were the grand poobahs of the association (one was even the president) and all of them worked college games at some level.
Anyway, what was embarrassing was that these officials were so pleased with themselves for working the game that they weren't mentally awake.
They started the game with the jumpers each facing the wrong direction. Indiana won the tip and made a quick lay-in. DeMatha inbounded the ball and their coach was yelling and pointing to shoot at the basket right there, so the kid turned and put in a little two-footer. Only now did someone realize something was wrong and blew a whistle.
By rule, the score should be 4-0 with Indiana ahead. But somehow during a big conference, it was agreed to start the game all over.
DeMatha won the replay by 3.
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Wed Nov 20, 2002, 11:14pm
I'm impressed.
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