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To: P-Marlowe; enat

P-M, do you have any idea how bad you have to be not to score a single point in an entire high school basketball game of 4 quarters?

There is something else terribly wrong there, and it makes this ENTIRE scenario stink.

I agree that the winning coach was way out of line.

ZERO points??? There’s something part of the story missing here, and there’s some culpability on the part of losing coach and school that’s not also on display.


233 posted on 01/27/2009 7:16:07 AM PST by xzins (Retired Army Chaplain, Pro Deo et Patria)
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To: xzins
P-M, do you have any idea how bad you have to be not to score a single point in an entire high school basketball game of 4 quarters?

There are two 20 minute halves in Girls basketball. The clock does not stop except for time-outs until the 2 minute mark.

Do you have any idea how hard you have to try to score 100 points even without an opponent in 40 minutes?

ZERO points??? There’s something part of the story missing here, and there’s some culpability on the part of losing coach and school that’s not also on display.

IIRC, the losing team has about 25 students in the school (I think they have about 1/3 of their student body on this team) and they all have learning disabilities. Their team is obviously not on the court to win, they are on the court to try their best. When an vastly superior team is running a full court press and stealing the ball at every opportunity and blocking shots at every opportunity, then scoring ZERO points is pretty understandable.

236 posted on 01/27/2009 7:38:03 AM PST by P-Marlowe (LPFOKETT GAHCOEEP-w/o*)
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