This Past Week, My Old High School Lost a Game 29-28... in Double Overtime

[Rake2204]

Anyone ever been a part of a game that ugly?

It was 21-21 at the end of regulation. That's the equivalent of two NBA teams being knotted up at 32 at the end of a 48 minute contest.

[kentatm]

[shoops]

Must have been a huge brickfest

[Rake2204]

Originally Posted by shoops

Must have been a huge brickfest

I thought maybe each coach got pissy and tried to out-stall the other squad. But from what I've gathered, it was just a normal game, no stalls or anything strange like that.

Quarter by quarter breakdown:

Totals 1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT1 OT2 Final
TeamOne 6 6 4 5 0 7 28
TeamTwo 6 0 3 12 0 8 29

[miller-time]

What is the average for a team to score in a quarter?

I'm not sure but it looks like team 1 though they had it won and stopped trying in the 4th.

[Rake2204]

Originally Posted by miller-time

What is the average for a team to score in a quarter?

I'm not sure but it looks like team 1 though they had it won and stopped trying in the 4th.

My former school plays in a mid-level, grind-it-out type of conference and I'd say most teams there average 50-60 points per game, probably 12-15 points per quarter.

My school's played two other games. They scored 42 in one (and lost by 15), then scored 63 on Friday and won by 7 (a game where they score 20 fourth quarter points, aka nearly their entire regulation total from the game previous).

[StroShow4]

High school basketball is pretty terrible where I'm from, but I don't think I've seen anything quite that bad.

[SourPatchKids]

Here in cali hs games are 4 8 minute quarters and defensive slugfests usually still end up in the 40's. However 29-28 still isn't that hard to believe, probably a lot of long possesions ending up with low percentage kickout 3's or a lot of no calls by the ref.

[ProfessorMurder]

Originally Posted by StroShow4

High school basketball is pretty terrible where I'm from, but I don't think I've seen anything quite that bad.

You sure? I swear there's mid 30s games all the time in the HS tourneys up here.

My middle school was terrible. We probably averaged 32 a game, and like 85% of the points came from me and one other kid.

[Reef]

Denham Brown, who played at UCONN a few years ago dropped 111 pts on my old high school.

[StroShow4]

Originally Posted by ProfessorMurder

You sure? I swear there's mid 30s games all the time in the HS tourneys up here.

My middle school was terrible. We probably averaged 32 a game, and like 85% of the points came from me and one other kid.

Not breaking 30 in double OT though?

[ProfessorMurder]

Originally Posted by StroShow4

Not breaking 30 in double OT though?

...

I stand corrected, somehow I didn't see double OT

[bdreason]

I think it's safe to say nobody playing in that game has a future in Basketball.

[miller-time]

Originally Posted by bdreason

I think it's safe to say nobody playing in that game has a future in Basketball.

Unless they were just absolute beats at the defensive end.

[Rake2204]

Originally Posted by miller-time

Unless they were just absolute beats at the defensive end.

Ha, my same thought at first. I was like, "Well maybe there were just, like, 40 blocked shots." Nope.

That same night, my little brother started the first varsity game of his life (for another school) and subsequently led his team in scoring... with 5 points. They lost by 20. It was a rough day for the high schools I'm associated with.