Strangest, Most Unique thing you've seen in HS Basketball

[KCHI]

What's the most unusual thing you've seen in MO High school basketball?
So far this year I've watched a girls JV game that was a shut out (yes, one team didn't score at all the entire game) and I've seen a boys varsity game where one team didn't hit any two-point shots in the game, only free throws and treys.

 

[carthagefan2006]

Carthage versus McDonald County in a tripleheader in Anderson about ten years ago. Freshman boys start off in the main gymnasium followed by Varsity Girls. Varsity Girls start play and both teams are struggling to score early on despite lots of shot attempts and free throw opportunities. Carthage has a player leave the game due to injury and about three or four girls in foul trouble forcing them to go deep into their rotation. Anyway, Carthage Girls are down something like 16-4 late in the second quarter with their entire bench in. Both teams are in the Double Bonus and a reach in foul gets called on County with a minute remaining in the 2nd quarter. The 5th or 6th girl off of the Carthage bench goes to the free throw line for two shots and a rare Varsity scoring opportunity. Everybody lines up for the shots and the referee passes her the ball. She begins her free throw routine, but then abruptly picks up the ball, says something to the referee and passes it back to him. The referee examines the ball briefly, declares "boys ball!" and walks over to the sideline. He then replaces the boys ball that they had playing with for nearly the entire first half with a girls ball. I've seen this happen before, but I've never seen it go on for more than two or three possessions at most to open the game and it's usually immediate.

 

[HoopsTournament]

Was the official scorekeeper at a game. I had never seen a player foul out in the first half until Braymer boys were playing at St. Joe Christian in 2017. Braymer had a player with 3 fouls get his 4th foul. He started arguing with the ref and got a T which was his 5th. It was the first time I saw a player foul out in the first half. I was at a girls game last season where it happened again.

 

[HoopsTournament]

Carthage versus McDonald County in a tripleheader in Anderson about ten years ago. Freshman boys start off in the main gymnasium followed by Varsity Girls. Varsity Girls start play and both teams are struggling to score early on despite lots of shot attempts and free throw opportunities. Carthage has a player leave the game due to injury and about three or four girls in foul trouble forcing them to go deep into their rotation. Anyway, Carthage Girls are down something like 16-4 late in the second quarter with their entire bench in. Both teams are in the Double Bonus and a reach in foul gets called on County with a minute remaining in the 2nd quarter. The 5th or 6th girl off of the Carthage bench goes to the free throw line for two shots and a rare Varsity scoring opportunity. Everybody lines up for the shots and the referee passes her the ball. She begins her free throw routine, but then abruptly picks up the ball, says something to the referee and passes it back to him. The referee examines the ball briefly, declares "boys ball!" and walks over to the sideline. He then replaces the boys ball that they had playing with for nearly the entire first half with a girls ball. I've seen this happen before, but I've never seen it go on for more than two or three possessions at most to open the game and it's usually immediate.

We discovered in our jamboree that a boys ball was used for the entire first session. Nobody realized it until the next session when we didn't have a girls ball at the scorer's table.

 

[hangmanbobbyjaggers]

2 things:
1) Witnessed (this year) 11 dunks by 1 player in a game and that team wins by only 12.
2) Witnessed a kid start a JV game (play 2 quarters) then turn around and start the Varsity game and play all 4 quarters a few years back.

 

[PCole]

Mr. Dean, I want to know about the scoreless JV game.

 

[HoopsTournament]

Two strange things happened tonight. In the North Nodaway vs. St. Joseph Christian game, North Nodaway scored 24 points on 8 three-pointers in the first half.

Nodaway-Holt had a girl block the same Rock Port player's shot 3 times on one possession.

 

[rebelman54]

This happened on a shot in our Christmas tournament a couple years ago. The ball came to rest on the top of the backboard.

 

[MOsportsStaff]

Watched a team last night after a timeout play with 4 guys, after an 0-6 run and a bunch of parent yelling the coach called a timeout. After the time out the same team put 6 players on the floor. Truth is stranger than fiction lol

Watched a kid foul out in a quarter a couple years back at Parkway North.

Watched a kid foul out of a JV and the varsity game in the same night.

Watched a kid from Troy get called for 4 fouls committing offensive fouls, later in the game he ran over a kid and everyone in the gym was waiting for the 5th foul and the 5th offensive. I guess the official didn't have the heart and called it a block

 

[HoopsTournament]

The other night in the Rock Port-East Atchison game, EA had a player leave the game without a player replacing him leaving 4 players left on the court. Luckily, Rock Port did not score and they were able to get a timeout. The funny thing is that after the timeout, they went back out with just 4 players still and the coach had to tell one of the kids on the bench to go out on the court to make sure they had 5.

 

[HoopsTournament]

This happened on a shot in our Christmas tournament a couple years ago. The ball came to rest on the top of the backboard.

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That is wild.

 

[nwlions]

Tonight I saw a player get called for an intentional foul while his team was on offense.

 

[hangmanbobbyjaggers]

Saw the Blair Oaks Falcons use the old pick the defender guarding the inbounder play and got the call with :02 left in the game. Awarded 2 FT on the other end of the floor for the win over Waynesville.

 

[you_dont_know_me]

Saw the Blair Oaks Falcons use the old pick the defender guarding the inbounder play and got the call with :02 left in the game. Awarded 2 FT on the other end of the floor for the win over Waynesville.

Never heard of this...elaborate please? The defender touch the ball out of bounds?

 

[thegoldenboy55]

In a close game I watched a kid inbounding the ball stick it out as if to tell the defender "here, take it". Defender took the bait and reached across the line and touched the ball, getting a tech. Player went down to the other end, hit both FTs and iced the game.

 

[TJ_DUB]

Never heard of this...elaborate please? The defender touch the ball out of bounds?

I used this once — inbounder runs the baseline and then reverses direction. A screen was then set on defender guarding the inbounder. Defender runs through pick because he was so intent on playing the inbounder. No time off clock and get to go to other end to shoot FT’s (if in the bonus, of course).

 

[hangmanbobbyjaggers]

I used this once — inbounder runs the baseline and then reverses direction. A screen was then set on defender guarding the inbounder. Defender runs through pick because he was so intent on playing the inbounder. No time off clock and get to go to other end to shoot FT’s (if in the bonus, of course).

That is the exact play that took place.

 

[have an idea]

Lol. Wonder where Coach Fick learned that

 

[PCole]

I had Polo at Princeton games Saturday night. In the girls game, the teams combined to hit 20 of 57 free throws. Polo was 6 of 26 over the final 27 minutes (3 quarters + OT), but hit 3 of 4 in OT.

That wasn't the weird part. This is: 1 minute left in regulation, Polo led 45-43. Princeton girl hit a 2 with 19 seconds left, but a Polo girl got an and-1 at 8.9 to make it 48-45 Polo. Princeton hits a 3 with just over 2 seconds left, and Polo got a timeout with exactly 2.5 left. Polo girl's inbound pass hit the back of the backboard to give Princeton the ball back, but Princeton couldn't score and the game went to OT, when Polo won. Started writing sports here in December 1972 and I've never seen an inbounds pass hit the back of the backboard. Ever.

 

[HoopsTournament]

I had Polo at Princeton games Saturday night. In the girls game, the teams combined to hit 20 of 57 free throws. Polo was 6 of 26 over the final 27 minutes (3 quarters + OT), but hit 3 of 4 in OT.

That wasn't the weird part. This is: 1 minute left in regulation, Polo led 45-43. Princeton girl hit a 2 with 19 seconds left, but a Polo girl got an and-1 at 8.9 to make it 48-45 Polo. Princeton hits a 3 with just over 2 seconds left, and Polo got a timeout with exactly 2.5 left. Polo girl's inbound pass hit the back of the backboard to give Princeton the ball back, but Princeton couldn't score and the game went to OT, when Polo won. Started writing sports here in December 1972 and I've never seen an inbounds pass hit the back of the backboard. Ever.

Yeah that was crazy. I was watching the stream of the game and thought Princeton was going to pull it out after that big mistake.

 

[PCole]

Yeah that was crazy. I was watching the stream of the game and thought Princeton was going to pull it out after that big mistake.

I watched the stream Thursday, and I had forgotten that the girl ran the baseline before she uncorked that pass.

 

[nwhoopsfan]

In the 2009 sectional game between Newtown-Harris and Jefferson there was a crazy string of events when Jefferson had too many players on the floor. They came out of a timeout and had 6 players on the floor. Newtown's coaches and players saw it and were trying to get the officials to notice. Meanwhile Craig Mattson, from Jefferson, recognized it and knelt down out of bounds by the press tables on the opposite side of the court from the benches. Then another Jefferson player realized it and ran off the court to his bench. Mattson then stepped back on the court unguarded and hit a 3. The referees never figured it out and the game continued on. It was a wild few seconds.

 

[lavir_murof]

IStarted writing sports here in December 1972 and I've never seen an inbounds pass hit the back of the backboard. Ever.

Really??? This is not that rare....

 

[nwhoopsfan]

We have another one now KCHI.

A player getting ready to throw an inbounds pass and, when he raises the ball above his head, the ball slips out of his hands and flies up into the bleachers. After a short conference the referees determined that team would retain possession and try the inbounds play again. Strange play.

 

[341A]

We have another one now KCHI.

A player getting ready to throw an inbounds pass and, when he raises the ball above his head, the ball slips out of his hands and flies up into the bleachers. After a short conference the referees determined that team would retain possession and try the inbounds play again. Strange play.

Violation, throw in pass did not directly go into the court. We had the same thing here except it was on a free throw attempt. Goes to shoot and ball goes out backwards landing outside the 3 pt line.

 

[hangmanbobbyjaggers]

Violation, throw in pass did not directly go into the court. We had the same thing here except it was on a free throw attempt. Goes to shoot and ball goes out backwards landing outside the 3 pt line.

But what if the inbounds pass is after a basket and is live ball? Can the person retrieve the ball and pass it in?

 

[have an idea]

But what if the inbounds pass is after a basket and is live ball? Can the person retrieve the ball and pass it in?

You can pass the ball to a teammate who establishes himself out of bounds on baseline after a made basket. Same rules I believe would apply

 

[nwhoopsfan]

So, in the situation described should the five second count have continued or is it an immediate violation because he did not throw the ball into the area of play?

 

[nwbball]

He might have 5 seconds to fight through the cheerleaders and go WWF on the Grandma in the 3rd row who was hugging the ball for dear life...

 

[341A]

But what if the inbounds pass is after a basket and is live ball? Can the person retrieve the ball and pass it in?

In this case I would believe he could retrieve the ball and throw it in if done within 5 seconds and it were the bleachers behind the endline. If it hits any spot not behind the endline it would be a throw in violation. On a spot throw in, it would be a violation similar to a bounce pass that hits the line on the way in.

 

[HoopsTournament]

Trenton girls AND East Buchanan boys both used a player in more than 6 quarters last night and both self-reported the violation. Crazy that it happened twice in the same day.

 

[Missouri Kid]

He might have 5 seconds to fight through the cheerleaders and go WWF on the Grandma in the 3rd row who was hugging the ball for dear life...

Speaking of Grandma with the ball, it brings to mind a bizarre game ending scenario: Tournament championship game, back and forth all night, home team with the ball down 2 and call time out to set up final shot. The play was perfectly executed, ball goes to the corner to their best shooter who had been draining 3's all night. You couldn't hear yourself, everyone on edge of their seat, time running out, home team fans realizing they have a chance to win on the uncontested 3, visiting fans cringing and wondering how shooter got so wide open. And then, shooter pulls ball back in preparation for shot and the ball sails backward over his head into the lap of a grandma four rows up in the bleachers. Whistles and horn sound almost simultaneously. Game is over but there is no crowd reaction. Total silence. No one can believe it didn't end with a made or missed shot rather than a backward shot into the bleachers. Sad footnote: the kid who had the misfortune couldn't get it out of his head and couldn't hit a bull in the ass with a bass fiddle the rest of the season.

 

[nwhoopsfan]

In this case I would believe he could retrieve the ball and throw it in if done within 5 seconds and it were the bleachers behind the endline. If it hits any spot not behind the endline it would be a throw in violation. On a spot throw in, it would be a violation similar to a bounce pass that hits the line on the way in.

We wondered about that too. It was strange because it just doesn't happen normally.

 

[nwlions]

Last night a sophomore from Fort Zumwalt South fouled out of the JV game, then was the Bulldogs leading scorer in the varsity game.

 

[lavir_murof]

once saw a girl from excelsior springs (varsity game, mind you) do something surely no one has ever seen?....she was the inbounder, and 2 seconds into the count decided to just dribble the ball inbounds herself...I was dumbfounded

 

[341A]

once saw a girl from excelsior springs (varsity game, mind you) do something surely no one has ever seen?....she was the inbounder, and 2 seconds into the count decided to just dribble the ball inbounds herself...I was dumbfounded

Millions have seen it. Eric Bledsoe did that in the NBA this season.

 

[deacon jones]

Sikeston vs. Charleston fight. That was fun. Did not involve players, only spectators.