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January 27, 2011
Triple-overtime game finishes with bizarre 38-31 score: A nationally ranked team and three overtimes usually produce a score well into the 100s. That wasn't the case Tuesday near Dallas, where RivalsHigh 100 No. 12 Flower Mound (Texas) Marcus High eked out a 38-31, triple-overtime district win against Plano (Texas) West High, which resorted to outright stalling as a way to remain competitive with a team that had already blown it out once this year.
posted by BornIcon to basketball at 04:07 PM - 6 comments
And that's why they invented the shot clock
posted by kokaku at 05:53 PM on January 27, 2011
They only invented the shot clock when teams full of All-Americans were being coached to play this way.
posted by Hugh Janus at 06:18 PM on January 27, 2011
I once called a sectional high school game where Edwardsville HS (a pretty good team and my alma mater) was facing East St. Louis Senior High, which at the time featured Darius Miles. At the half, I believe the score was 4-0.
EHS's coach played the four corners for damned near the entire game, but they had no shot otherwise. Man, we talked about everything BUT basketball that night.
posted by wfrazerjr at 11:57 PM on January 27, 2011
It's hard to criticize Plano West when it almost worked. It was in their opinion the best chance to win.
posted by graymatters at 12:03 AM on January 28, 2011
I thought this would be a football story until I got to the comments.
posted by Bonkers at 01:45 AM on January 28, 2011
It may have been boring as hell to watch, but it was legal, and I'll never fault a coach or player for coming up with a good legal strategy to try to win a contest. I would simply hope it doesn't become routine.