I love blowouts

[just another ref]

There is a big cross town rivalry near where I live. One of the schools, traditionally, is a big favorite in the football matchup, while the other, up to now, has always named the score in the basketball. The first time I called this game, the coach let them press for half of the first quarter. The score at this point was 20-4. Final was 100-29. This year the basketball team at the football school is much stronger than some in the past. I recently made the comment that "The days of 100-29 are over." They played Friday. I was right.
The score was 101-39.

They narrowly escaped overtime.

[BballRookie]

I stayed to observe a varsity game a few weeks back. At halftime the score was 58-5. The thing that stunned me, more than the fast break dunks and centers hitting threes(pretty small schools), was that the losing coach was still running and gunning. I felt like somebody had dared him to run Mike D'Antoni's "seven second or less" offense.

He knew going into the game that he was totally outmatched. The stronger team is a favorite to win state. When I was in high school we weren't good, but we played one of the better teams in the state and only lost 36-26. Part of the reason why we weren't smashed by 70 points was our coach had the brains to realize we were hopeless in a shoot out, so we took forever on each possession and it put the other team in a funk. Not that we run some 8 minute four corners style offense, but we took a long time to take a shot, and didn't rush anything.

All that to say, sometimes I want to walk over to the bench and give some advice like "coach, when they are in a zone you may want to stop setting on ball screens" or "don't yell at me coach, my advice is to find a point guard who can dribble past half court without turning the ball over"

[onetime1]

All that to say, sometimes I want to walk over to the bench and give some advice like "coach, when they are in a zone you may want to stop setting on ball screens" or "don't yell at me coach, my advice is to find a point guard who can dribble past half court without turning the ball over"[/QUOTE]

What if during this game his objective is to work on setting on ball screens regardless of what defense the opponent is playing?

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by BballRookie

Sometimes I want to walk over to the bench and give some advice like "coach" ...

Refs ref. Coaches coach. "Never the twain shall meet".

[twocentsworth]

had a college game this past saturday that ended in a 70 point win for the home team. best part was we got paid before the game and, thanks to my iphone, my check was already deposited into my checking account before we took the floor...