Basketball brawls

[dixiehack]

ESPN bottom line: "8 ejected after scuffle in 2nd qtr"

You're not tossing eight for a "scuffle."

With the automatic ejections for leaving the bench area, it doesn’t take much.

 

[hondo]

The trouble with sports brawls is that our metrics people can't ****ing wait to badger sports editors and web editors to post the videos. One day they'll just assign someone to scour the internet until he finds a few sports fights.

 

[da man]

ESPN bottom line: "8 ejected after scuffle in 2nd qtr"

You're not tossing eight for a "scuffle."

Did you watch the video? I have a hard time calling that a “brawl”. All the players but one were tossed for leaving the bench area.

 

[da man]

Stick around for the "Dwight Howard ejected in similar incident in Taiwan league."

Is he playing in Taiwan or coaching?

 

[User 149557]

Dwight could become the first person to ever escape assault charges due to an insanity defense because of a sugar coma.

“He ate that last Haribo and just flipped out.”

 

[ChrisLong]

Happened a few hours ago.

WATCH: Wild Brawl Ensues At Women’s SEC Basketball Tournament Resulting In 8 Players Ejected

The girl who instigated is won't get picked for the Dodgeball game.

 

[jr/shotglass]

When there are brawls between schools, it's often precipitated by them having to go through that handshake line after a chippy game. See last night's Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference semifinal; start at 2:15:30.

#2 West Chester vs #3 East Stroudsburg

The handshake line is an idea that has outlived its usefulness.

 

[DanOregon]

Combined with "court-storming" - its a recipe for disaster.

 

[Batman]

When there are brawls between schools, it's often precipitated by them having to go through that handshake line after a chippy game. See last night's Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference semifinal; start at 2:16.

#2 West Chester vs #3 East Stroudsburg

The handshake line is an idea that has outlived its usefulness.

That looked like it was something with the fans. The players went through the handshake line just fine.

 

[jr/shotglass]

That looked like it was something with the fans. The players went through the handshake line just fine.

That's possible, because both teams' fans have had a history of pushing the envelope this season. Two nights before, an East Stroudsburg student walked onto the court with a package during the middle of a free throw. That could have turned out much worse than it did; there was nothing dangerous inside it, just somebody being stupid.

 

[swingline]

Did that ****er get tackled and pummeled? If not, he should have.

 

[jr/shotglass]

ESU security dragged him off the floor pretty severely. He deserved more.

 

[fossywriter8]

If not "watch the moving screen" or "call them both ways."

I still remember covering a game once where a fan yelled "THREE SECONDS!" on an inbound play.

 

[rtse11]

Anytime a player picks up his dribble, someone wants a travel

 

[MileHigh]

I still remember covering a game once where a fan yelled "THREE SECONDS!" on an inbound play.

I've heard it when the ball was still in the backcourt.

 

[User 4332]

I was at a high school girls basketball game in 1994 when a brawl broke out. One of the primary instigators was a member of the boys team who went on to become an Indiana All-Star and play for Minnesota. He ended up following the visiting girls team into their locker room (and scaring the sh*t out of them).

I have to imagine if that happened in the cellphone camera-era, he would've lost the chance to play Big Ten hoops. My memory is that it was pretty bad, but memories can be off. He was suspended as a result and ended up transferring to a different high school.

 

[Batman]

I was covering a basketball game with two small private schools once. The visiting team was having a rough time of it, and the coach was getting frustrated. He tried telling something to one of his players, might have been yelling at him a bit. The kid tuned him out so the coach grabbed him by the arm and turned up the volume to get his attention. Maybe a little over the top, but not really out of line.
The kid's dad then came out of the stands and stormed across the court to confront the coach, and pushed him down. Guy was escorted out. I don't think he was arrested, but I'm sure there were some interesting meetings the next day.

 

[HanSenSE]

Thursday night in San Francisco.

 

[Della9250]

Thursday night in San Francisco.

My four biggest takeaways:

The WINNING TEAM started it. How stupid do you have to be?
Kid who started it should never play in that league again. There was absolutely no reason for that.
The kid who got the worst of it was simply pushed to the ground and hit his head.
Nice job parents letting your like, four and five year olds just run around in the middle of everything.

 

[DanOregon]

My goodness, those little kids. Seen enough of that in the final moments of games - players get frustrated, coaches get frustrated, and it blows up. Crowded gyms, intersectional games that bring social class baggage with them. It can get ugly.