[Colonel Kangaroo]

A high school game is 32 minutes. Grimes said the he called off the press after 3 minutes with a 25-0 lead. That leaves 29 minutes to score 75 points. Other accounts say the scoring stopped at four minutes left when 100 was reached. So 75 points in 25 minutes. That means a point every 20 seconds. Discounting free throws and 3 pointers, that's roughly a basket every 40 seconds. Assuming it took Dallas Academy 10 seconds to bring up the ball before contacting the zone, and presumably quickly having the ball stolen, it would then take roughly nearly 30 seconds for Covenant to put a shot up. The math doesn't suggest a trap at midcourt or a backcourt press. Maybe Grimes has received a little undue heat. And if he was in a zone, the Dallas academy girls needed to cooperate by passing the ball around before they attacked the zone.

We really need to see a video. I think the real story would soon be obvious one way or the other.

[Bob J]

“Other accounts say the scoring stopped at four minutes left when 100 was reached. So 75 points in 25 minutes.”

Which only proves the coach was intent on hitting that 100 mark (plus unverified reports he was yelling “100” from the sidelines). He infers it would have been the wrong message to send to his players if he told them to ease up but it was perfectly reasonable once he hit 100 at the 4 minute mark.

This guy seemed intent on avenging the previous blowout from another season.

[kjam22]

The original account I heard was that he was still applying the full court press until late in the game. I think that's more likely. Lots of steals and quick baskets off of the press.

I agree this was probably about a desire to score 100 points.