Halftime shutout

[bainsey]

JV-G tonight, 18-0 at halftime. Home team went 0-for-7 from the line in the first half. I even had a shooting foul on Team V with 2 seconds left in the second quarter. Only once before have I worked a halftime shutout.

The final was 28-4. Draw your own conclusions.

[johnny d]

Girls basketball sucks

[JRutledge]

Originally Posted by johnny d

Girls basketball sucks

Yep.

Peace

[RSturgell]

MS games
67-2
58-10..ugh

[grunewar]

Originally Posted by johnny d

Girls basketball sucks

I had a rare. good one last night. Good fun!

[Raymond]

Originally Posted by grunewar

I had a rare. good one last night. Good fun!

You live in Northern Virginia

[bainsey]

Originally Posted by johnny d

Girls basketball sucks

I think that's a very unfair blanket statement. I've had some very good girls' games, even in middle school. I also had a JV-boys game last week (64-19 final) with kids that could barely dribble the ball.

You get both ends of the bell-shaped curve. Last night was the low end. It happens.

[CountTheBasket]

Originally Posted by bainsey

JV-G tonight, 18-0 at halftime. Home team went 0-for-7 from the line in the first half. I even had a shooting foul on Team V with 2 seconds left in the second quarter. Only once before have I worked a halftime shutout.

The final was 28-4. Draw your own conclusions.

Got you beat, I had a shutout going into the 3rd quarter in JV-G a couple of weeks ago. When we make a long trip here we work both the JV and the V game, so I always make an effort to focus on something specific I need to work on in the JV game to try and improve that so I get something out of it (other than the extra paycheck)

[bainsey]

Originally Posted by CountTheBasket

Got you beat, I had a shutout going into the 3rd quarter in JV-G a couple of weeks ago.

Yep, been there, years ago, 52-0 after three. It took a T (second plane violation) to get the underdog on the board in the fourth, and the coach actually thanked me for the T. ("Anything you can do for these guys!")

[JRutledge]

Originally Posted by bainsey

I think that's a very unfair blanket statement. I've had some very good girls' games, even in middle school. I also had a JV-boys game last week (64-19 final) with kids that could barely dribble the ball.

You get both ends of the bell-shaped curve. Last night was the low end. It happens.

Well then you do them and do not complain when others choose to not work them. Yes there are bad boy's games all the time, but I cannot think of many times where one of the teams could not score a single point in either half. I have seen that multiple times in girls games. And part of it is because girl's do not play the sport as young as boys and finding someone that can dribble is a struggle. And part of that is because people automatically ingrain boys to play sports and girls pick it up much later as a general rule.

Peace

[just another ref]

Is a shutout really that big of a deal? Is 52-0 any worse than 100-29? I saw that one night. BV

[MD Longhorn]

Originally Posted by CountTheBasket

Got you beat, I had a shutout going into the 3rd quarter in JV-G a couple of weeks ago. When we make a long trip here we work both the JV and the V game, so I always make an effort to focus on something specific I need to work on in the JV game to try and improve that so I get something out of it (other than the extra paycheck)

A little confused as to how "a shutout going into the third quarter" beats "a shutout at halftime". Seems identical to me.

[BatteryPowered]

Fortunately I was just watching it but a couple of years ago one of the better girls varsity teams in this area won a game 75-3. This team normally always is in an agressive full-court press but after the first quarter the second string went in and it was only token (early in the season...subs needed to do it in a real game, sucks but I understand). Losing team literally could not get pass mid-court. Second half the winning team played a soft zone and did not run. The other team simply could not make a basket...except for a last second desperation three (go figure).

[Eastshire]

Originally Posted by JRutledge

Well then you do them and do not complain when others choose to not work them. Yes there are bad boy's games all the time, but I cannot think of many times where one of the teams could not score a single point in either half. I have seen that multiple times in girls games. And part of it is because girl's do not play the sport as young as boys and finding someone that can dribble is a struggle. And part of that is because people automatically ingrain boys to play sports and girls pick it up much later as a general rule.

Peace

I don't think he was complaining that you don't work the games. I think he was complaining that you chose to denigrate all girls' basketball games as "sucking."

[stick]

I had a girls varsity game last nite that ended up 44-6. It could have been 94-6 if the winning team decided to keep pressing and play the passing lanes in the second half. Sometimes you get games like this.