Minnesota High School Game Ends 17-4

[Sluconn Husky]

On Tuesday Waseca beat Marshall 17-4 in a real barn burner. Marshall trailed 5-0 and decided to sit on the ball...for 18 minutes.

It's unclear whether Central Florida reps were at the game for scouting purposes.

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Taking advantage of playing in a state with no shot clock in high school hoops, the visitors made it known from the start that they intended to milk the clock as long as they possibly could. As Southernminn.com reports, the visiting Tigers were initially unable to complete any passes, trailing 5-0 midway through the first half.

And that was when Marshall slowed the game to a near halt.


From Southernminn.com:

Not only did a true Minnesota kids’ game of “Duck, Duck, Grey Duck” break out among the cheerleaders, but synchronized swaying and chanting kept the crowd in the game.


Minn. girls basketball team stalls, scores just four points in loss

 

[CTyankee]

Geez... Two touchdowns and a fieldgoal on one side; two safeties on the other. What an "offensive" display of skill.

 

[cferraro04]

Must have been worse than watching paint dry....

 

[oldude]

I assume Marshall was badly overmatched, but you have to wonder what lesson their coach was trying to teach the players. “When the odds are against you, just stop playing?”

 

[Dougie]

On Tuesday Waseca beat Marshall 17-4 in a real barn burner. Marshall trailed 5-0 and decided to sit on the ball...for 18 minutes.

It's unclear whether Central Florida reps were at the game for scouting purposes.

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Taking advantage of playing in a state with no shot clock in high school hoops, the visitors made it known from the start that they intended to milk the clock as long as they possibly could. As Southernminn.com reports, the visiting Tigers were initially unable to complete any passes, trailing 5-0 midway through the first half.

And that was when Marshall slowed the game to a near halt.


From Southernminn.com:

Not only did a true Minnesota kids’ game of “Duck, Duck, Grey Duck” break out among the cheerleaders, but synchronized swaying and chanting kept the crowd in the game.


Minn. girls basketball team stalls, scores just four points in loss

Confirms the notion that great defense always wins!

 

[Vowelguy]

I assume Marshall was badly overmatched, but you have to wonder what lesson their coach was trying to teach the players. “When the odds are against you, just stop playing?”

Um no. The strategy is: when you are playing a potent offense you need to shorten the game by limiting the other teams possessions. This is done all the time in sports. Including the Giants over the Bills in 1991.

I'm not sure it's a great idea in this case - sounds like a terrible game - but hardly an unprecedented strategy.

 

[DaddyChoc]

Geno will not be recruiting players from those 2 teams

 

[oldude]

Um no. The strategy is: when you are playing a potent offense you need to shorten the game by limiting the other teams possessions. This is done all the time in sports. Including the Giants over the Bills in 1991.

I'm not sure it's a great idea in this case - sounds like a terrible game - but hardly an unprecedented strategy.

Yes, I understand the strategy. I grew up in an era when Dean Smith’s “4 corners offense” was a real strategy, and Smith used to implement the 4 corners against lesser teams when the Tar Heels were ahead. I didn’t like Smith’s offense anymore than I like a HS coach taking the air out of the ball so their team doesn’t suffer a bad defeat. Neither Smith’s UNC or the Marshall HS girls team were playing a game that resembled basketball as I learned to play it.

 

[ochoopsfan]

How to waste 3.44 of ones life. Did they offer refunds?

 

[cohenzone]

Geno will not be recruiting players from those 2 teams

Dunno. Any team that can hold the ball for such extended stretches might have a super ball handler.

Funny thing is, one of the most famous games is UConn men’s hoops history was the slow down game against URI in the 1970s after several key players had been suspended after allegations of theft that turned out to be false. And it worked. And the fans loved it because they knew it was the only way the over matched Huskies could win.

 

[ccwarrior]

Pressure man to man defense! You would either get a turnover or a held ball each time, thus some type of "action." It would be an ugly game, but better than this.

 

[HoopsFan21]

Pressure man to man defense! You would either get a turnover or a held ball each time, thus some type of "action." It would be an ugly game, but better than this.

Or commit fouls the way you do inside the last two minutes of a tight game.

 

[Kaizen]

I suspect any colleges will recruit those 2 teams' players?

 

[Vowelguy]

Or commit fouls the way you do inside the last two minutes of a tight game.

Why on earth would you want to give an overmatched opponent the chance to score free points from the line?

 

[Orangutan]

That's an exciting curling score. Maybe they got confused. This is Minnesota after all.

 

[Centerstream]

Ah, yes, the old 4 corners "offense" (or Ford corners offense)...wasn't it a major driving force behind instilling the shot clock in MBB?
I could be mistaken but I thought there was once a Duke vs. NC game where the score was 5-2 (or 3) at the half but ended with the score in the 30s...but this could be a hallucination.

 

[HoopsFan21]

Why on earth would you want to give an overmatched opponent the chance to score free points from the line?

Why do teams intentionally foul at the end of games?

 

[Vowelguy]

Why do teams intentionally foul at the end of games?

Because they are losing.

The team holding the ball was losing. The team on defense had no reason to foul.

 

[Checkmate]

Geez... Two touchdowns and a fieldgoal on one side; two safeties on the other. What an "offensive" display of skill.

I was assuming the team with 4 points made a 3 pointer and 1 (FT)

 

[MSGRET]

I was assuming the team with 4 points made a 3 pointer and 1 (FT)

And it was all on one play.

 

[JordyG]

On Tuesday Waseca beat Marshall 17-4 in a real barn burner. Marshall trailed 5-0 and decided to sit on the ball...for 18 minutes.

It's unclear whether Central Florida reps were at the game for scouting purposes.

*

Taking advantage of playing in a state with no shot clock in high school hoops, the visitors made it known from the start that they intended to milk the clock as long as they possibly could. As Southernminn.com reports, the visiting Tigers were initially unable to complete any passes, trailing 5-0 midway through the first half.

And that was when Marshall slowed the game to a near halt.


From Southernminn.com:

Not only did a true Minnesota kids’ game of “Duck, Duck, Grey Duck” break out among the cheerleaders, but synchronized swaying and chanting kept the crowd in the game.


Minn. girls basketball team stalls, scores just four points in loss

No one can tell me any of the young ladies who were on the floor enjoyed playing this game. No one can tell me this serves BB in any way. Sports are supposed to be athletic endeavors and no where was this on display here. Shame on all of these coaches. Just because you can doesn't mean you should.

 

[MTHusky]

Dunno. Any team that can hold the ball for such extended stretches might have a super ball handler.

Funny thing is, one of the most famous games is UConn men’s hoops history was the slow down game against URI in the 1970s after several key players had been suspended after allegations of theft that turned out to be false. And it worked. And the fans loved it because they knew it was the only way the over matched Huskies could win.

You sure it was URI? I seem to remember that Bob Cousy was the coach & he went on a rant of epic proportions after the loss.

 

[cohenzone]

You sure it was URI? I seem to remember that Bob Cousy was the coach & he went on a rant of epic proportions after the loss.

Yup, Rhody. A quick Google turned up this article about a player I can’t remember at all.

http://www.uconnhooplegends.com/menslegends/GillespieRichard.htm
l Part of my long term memory is intact. Cousy maybe criticized the game, but wasn’t involved.

 

[Frodo]

2 Points:
1) I'm not sure what the Minnesota high school rules are, but we could probably throw some blame on the coach for Waseca too...they could have tried to defend aggressively and force Marshall into a 5 second call or a turnover.

2) I'm betting it was a lot more embarrassing for the Marshall kids to just stand there than it would have been for them to get clubbed while they were actually playing. Playing the game is, after all, what they signed up for!