Basketball game ends, 2-0

[NormanDale]

Originally Posted by Treeguy

http://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/more...2-0/ar-AA8WFqR

Both teams went into a stall, 7 shots taken total.

"The National Federation of State High School Associations claims the score tied the record for the lowest-scoring game in the history of high school basketball."

According to the NFHS website, there were 3 games that were 1-0.

1 Georgetown IL vs. Homer IL (1-0), 3-6, 1930
1 Magnolia IL vs. Granville Hopkins IL (1-0), 11-20, 1929
1 Drain OR vs. Wilbur OR (1-0), 1927

Peach baskets?

[Mark Padgett]

Originally Posted by NormanDale

According to the NFHS website, there were 3 games that were 1-0.

1 Georgetown IL vs. Homer IL (1-0), 3-6, 1930
1 Magnolia IL vs. Granville Hopkins IL (1-0), 11-20, 1929
1 Drain OR vs. Wilbur OR (1-0), 1927

Peach baskets?

This struck me as weird since I was born and raised in Illinois and now live in Oregon. I'll check my old schedules and see if I did any of those games, maybe with MTD Sr.

[Thegr8zebra]

I see this problem mostly in the playoff games and most of those games are held at colleges so they would have a shot clock. I think if the shot clock is there, use it, but don't make those rural schools with barely enough players for a team but one.

[Adam]

Originally Posted by Thegr8zebra

I see this problem mostly in the playoff games and most of those games are held at colleges so they would have a shot clock. I think if the shot clock is there, use it, but don't make those rural schools with barely enough players for a team but one.

You can't force a team to play with a shot clock in February and March if they haven't used one all season.

Again, just a rare issue that doesn't really need to be solved.

[BDevil15]

By rule couldn't the coaches have asked to shorten the quarters to 30 seconds each if they decided to do this? If you were the referee would you have to have a legitimate reason not to agree to shorten the quarters? Or am I taking this out of context?


ART. 3 . . . A quarter(s) may be shortened in an emergency or at any time by mutual agreement of the opposing coaches and referee. Playing time and number of quarters for nonvarsity game quarters may be reduced by mutual agreement of opposing coaches.

Originally Posted by BDevil15

By rule couldn't the coaches have asked to shorten the quarters to 30 seconds each if they decided to do this? If you were the referee would you have to have a legitimate reason not to agree to shorten the quarters? Or am I taking this out of context?


ART. 3 . . . A quarter(s) may be shortened in an emergency or at any time by mutual agreement of the opposing coaches and referee. Playing time and number of quarters for nonvarsity game quarters may be reduced by mutual agreement of opposing coaches.

I'd be in favor of a 4 second game, providing one of the teams could hit a shot within those 4 seconds.

[bob jenkins]

Originally Posted by BDevil15

By rule couldn't the coaches have asked to shorten the quarters to 30 seconds each if they decided to do this? If you were the referee would you have to have a legitimate reason not to agree to shorten the quarters? Or am I taking this out of context?

Yes, the coaches (and R in a varsity game) could have agreed to shorten the quarters.