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Wednesday, January 28, 2009

Running up the score

By Tangotiger, 01:10 AM

A school with 20 girls, of which 8 are on the basketball team (some who have never played before, or will after), lost a game 100-0.  Here is their results for the year: L 6-55, L 4-66, L 7-49, L 0-100.  That’s 270-7 in 4 games.

What to do?  Personally, I would have a mercy rule, and then let the game continue without keeping score (i.e., make it a practice game).  Really, is there a point to keeping score at some point?

And if you think that is bad (100 points being probably around 50 baskets), what about in hockey, with an 82-0 score (82 goals)?  In 4 games, Bulgaria lost 192-1, which is far far worse than what the basketball girls experienced.  The number of shots was 405-7.

Someone will invariably say “you never know” regarding a comeback.  We’re not talking about those games. 

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