Hoops

Woodville v North u18 Div 1

To avoid getting hit?

Too right anon (re: state champs), my bad.

@READ IT - I understood the paragraph you're referring to differently: the game officials have final say on whether a game ought to be abandoned (and when this is decided) but not the procedure GIVEN an abandoned game. I believe the rule regarding over/under 50% game time and the recorded score still applies.

"d) The referee, after due consultation with the stadium management and/or the team coaches and/or medical team, whomever is applicable, shall be the sole judge of what constitutes an abandoned game and when this shall occur."

When did the Woodville v North game get cancelled? It would be pretty poor if the game's result is disregarded when more than 50% had been played.

According to the by-laws if this is the case and North were ahead at the time of the game being abandoned, North should be awarded the win and the finals fixture would be different (1v4, 2v3):

1. North
2. Sturt
3. Norwood
4. Woodville

Assuming >50% of the game had been played it is pretty obvious why BSA have disregarded the by-laws... but can they? BTW this also affects State Champs seeding.

Bear, I am with you on this. Basketball is a low contact sport, low contact. Some contact is to be expected and so a foul is called if the contact is unacceptable. Hard fouls designed to put players off their game should be called as unsportsmanlike fouls by the ref and let's not forget the refs need to be in control of the game.

If the game started to get niggly and ugly I believe the best thing to do as a ref would be to talk to the coaches and teams at the quarter, or a time out, to cool things down. If the refs weren't issuing warnings then they need to. A few example foul calls never go astray to get kids to pull their heads in. No one likes an ejection, but it can cool things down. If the coach has concerns about biased reffing and that started the niggling, get the stadium manager involved so they can have a chat to the refs and watch the game.

Was it Ron Burgendy "Gee, that escalated quickly!"

Games that get called off are not a great advertisement for the sport. The refs need to be in control and the coaches need to support refs by setting a standard for their players to follow.

Jack, I fear for some of our juniors out there, what are they learning>?

It's okay to shove someone or elbow them, even a slight hip and shoulder now and then, all good as the referees keep warning players for this type of contact.

Unfortunately, after a while it will result in this type of reaction, especially when another team starts to do the same or stand up for themselves.

I have no idea what happened here, or the history of either team, I am just cominting on the behaviour as it is a pattern not exclusive to S.A. hoops...

If only BJ Anthony was there to hold people back

But isn't basketball a non contact sport?