Free throw?

[Frozevol]

This was back in the archaic thinking days that girls couldn't play like boys.

Holly Warlick used to hang out at Alki Lane ballpark in Rocky Hill and routinely competed with the boys. She was also great at softball and track. True athlete!

 

[Thunder Good-Oil]

In '73, UT beat Temple 11-6. Lots of naps in Stokely that evening.

Grunfeld’s 5th game ever. Don Casey’s attempt to slow him down.

 

[Thunder Good-Oil]

Holly Warlick used to hang out at Alki Lane ballpark in Rocky Hill and routinely competed with the boys. She was also great at softball and track. True athlete!

She might have gone to UT on a track scholarship and Pat Summitt recruited her to the basketball team.

Congressman Burchett’s sister Joyce was Holly’s “understudy” and took over her role at Bearden a year later.

 

[kckempf]

When I was a kid in the mid-80's playing in organized leagues they still did this after every tie-up, even though college and pro had already gone to the arrow.

I don't remember ever seeing the pros use the arrow. They have jump balls now.

 

[VolCalls]

I don't remember ever seeing the pros use the arrow. They have jump balls now.

Wow - I don't watch the NBA, so I wouldn't know. That's wild.

 

[K-town Vol Fan]

I have long hated the possession arrow. I can understand eliminating all those tips, especially the unbalanced ones, but the possession arrow needs to be modified. Great defense should be rewarded with something better than flipping the arrow -- the ball should simply go to whoever was on defense in the tie-up.

So a tie-up = automatic turnover? Im not a fan of the arrow, but don't think that's a good solution. I'd rather see them jump it up. If it's a point guard and a center, well, thems the breaks.

 

[VolGee4]

I don't remember ever seeing the pros use the arrow. They have jump balls now.

I was at a Grizzlies/Suns game recently where it was a tie game with a couple of seconds left, and the ball got tied up. It was fascinating watching how the teams lined up at the jump ball. The Suns ended up getting it out top but immediately calling a timeout. Durant missed a shot out of the timeout, and the Grizzlies won in OT.

 

[foolonthehill]

Don Devoe ran a modified version of the 4 corners. He’s have a point guard out top with 2 players stacked at each elbow. He’d go into it with around 5 minutes left if he had a 5 or 6 point lead. It was effective. Those philosophies ushered in the shot clock (45 seconds initially in the SEC).

It also cost us against Sampson.

 

[Thunder Good-Oil]

It also cost us against Sampson.

I think that having our tallest player 9 inches shorter than Sampson is what cost us.

 

[will-you-shut-up-man]

I am old enough to remember a Dean Smith led UNC winning the ACC tournament running the “four corners” offense. Some people found it boring; I kinda enjoyed watching it play out to see if the strategy worked.

I'm my state (SC) a few years ago during a boys playoff game, the coach with the lead ran that. The opposing coach was hit with two techs and ejected. A shot clock has now been instated, lol.

 

[cncchris33]

I'm my state (SC) a few years ago during a boys playoff game, the coach with the lead ran that. The opposing coach was hit with two techs and ejected. A shot clock has now been instated, lol.

Still no shot clock in Kentucky HS basketball, and it is infuriating. There's literally no reason for not having it in 2025.

 

[Ritzwatch]

I am good with giving a fouled player a single FT on every called foul, then his team gets the ball.
No more two shot FTs. No bonus. No double bonus.
You are not supposed to foul. Give the fouled player one shot and give his team the ball.

Bet you'd see an offensive explosion! It would be like watching the Globetrotters every game!

 

[wrangler]

I am old enough to remember a Dean Smith led UNC winning the ACC tournament running the “four corners” offense. Some people found it boring; I kinda enjoyed watching it play out to see if the strategy worked.

Digger Phelps invented that, and used it when he was afraid of another team's offense. I think that was a major reason behind adding the shot clock, and adding the requirement for a defender to challenge the ball handler when the team with the ball had the lead.

 

[utchs81]

I am old enough to remember a Dean Smith led UNC winning the ACC tournament running the “four corners” offense. Some people found it boring; I kinda enjoyed watching it play out to see if the strategy worked.

Yep, there were a lot of low scoring games in the ACC back during that time. Thank goodness it didn't last very long.

 

[Chris4Vols22]

Still no shot clock in Kentucky HS basketball, and it is infuriating. There's literally no reason for not having it in 2025.

What is the argument against using a shot clock?

 

[hog88]

Still no shot clock in Kentucky HS basketball, and it is infuriating. There's literally no reason for not having it in 2025.

Still no shot clock in VA or TN HS basketball.

 

[ZZ13]

Basketball still has one silly rule. Live ball timeout by the offense. All timeouts should only be allowed when ball is not in play. Can you imagine if a blitz came in on Mahones untouched and he simply called timeout to stop the play.

 

[PandamoniumReigns]

That’s almost how it played out Saturday versus Bama. TN’s defense tied it up at the end but didn’t have the possession arrow. Had TN not caused the 5-seconds violation on the ensuing inbounds play TN would have possibly lost.

Except the possession arrow should have favored TN. The refs egregious miss of a tripping foul on Ziegler and then calling a jump ball is what gave Bama the Possession Arrow to begin with.

 

[cncchris33]

What is the argument against using a shot clock?

There's not a good one I've heard.