Basketball game ends, 2-0

[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."

[APG]

I can only imagine how I'd feel if I had wasted money to attend that game.

[deecee]

Did a coach get suspended?

[Rob1968]

So, did one of the pitchers throw a complete game shut-out or did they use a reliever . . . oops . . . wrong forum . . .

[scrounge]

as long as that clock kept running, I'm cool with it

Had a middle school girls game this week that was 2-2 with 2:00 left in the THIRD quarter. There was a late offensive explosion and we ended up with a 10-6 final. The first two baskets were scored early in the 1st, and I had to waive off a FT because the shooter immediately entered the lane (it's Feb, people - you haven't learned yet?). We were afraid at halftime that failure to go to 3-2 would end up in OT!

Unfortunately they weren't running a stall offense. More like the 'run around, turn it over, wrestle around, and not hit the broad side of a barn' offense.

[Pantherdreams]

Maybe get a shot clock . . .

Other then that we have to live with this stuff.

[Rich]

I wonder if the officials showered after the game.

Originally Posted by APG

I can only imagine how I'd feel if I had wasted money to attend that game.

I can only imagine how I'd feel if I had made 80 bucks doing that game.

[crosscountry55]

Originally Posted by Pantherdreams

Maybe get a shot clock . . .

Other then that we have to live with this stuff.

Eight states have shot clocks, ostensibly to avoid stuff like this. And then the NFHS penalizes them by denying said state a seat on the rules committee.

Unless this becomes far more common, which I don't think it will, the NFHS will hold steady. Shot clocks are a lot more for officials and table personnel to think about, require upgrades that the schools have to fund, and perhaps most importantly wouldn't really have much of an impact. I don't see high school games too often where teams spend more than 20 seconds in an offensive set much less 30 or 35.

One anomalous game in Alabama does not a national trend make.

[Mark Padgett]

Originally Posted by APG

I can only imagine how I'd feel if I had wasted money to attend that game.

Yeah, but you could have taken a really good nap.

[Mark Padgett]

Originally Posted by AremRed

I can only imagine how I'd feel if I had made 80 bucks doing that game.

That was $40 per point. Tell your assignor you want that rate for all your games.

[Adam]

Originally Posted by Pantherdreams

Maybe get a shot clock . . .

Other then that we have to live with this stuff.

A solution in search of a problem. These games make the news because they're rare.

[Rich]

There are crappy coaches everywhere. This game brought together two of them, obviously.

[rockyroad]

Originally Posted by Adam

A solution in search of a problem. These games make the news because they're rare.

And the flip side of the problem is that in states that use the shot clock we end up with really lop-sided scores because the teams have to keep shooting every 30/35 seconds.

Didn't we just have a huge discussion about a game like that?

[Valley Man]

"If we score we might win … if they don't score we will win"