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Since TN has 3 players from Georgia, this may be of some interest:
"The organization in charge of the Georgia high school basketball championships admitted that 14 winners were crowned on a court that wasn't set up to standards.
The Georgia High School Association (GHSA) released a statement Saturday evening that they had seen stories circulating that the goals were set up in the incorrect position at the Macon Centerplex where the day's championship basketball games took place.
Those stories, it turns out, were correct.
But GHSA officials said that the games were still fair.
The goals were the same distance into the court at both ends of the floor, said GHSA Executive Director Gary Phillips. The playing conditions were exactly the same for both teams on the court and for all of the 14 championship games that were played. So I cant see any reason we would consider changing the outcomes."
However, the official statement did mention that one coach brought the discrepancy to their attention. Phillips said that GHSA staff watched the games very closely to check for any "appreciable effect" on the shooting or play of the teams.
The staff didn't notice any issues and said teams involved still performed well from the free throw line.
"While this certainly was not an ideal situation or one that we wanted to happen, we think the conditions were fair for all the teams," Phillips said. "We have plans to make sure this never happens again, but we have no plans to change anything that happened this week in Macon."
Overall 14 title games were played on the court - seven girls games and seven boys games."
Would you ever expect this to happen in Tennessee?
"The organization in charge of the Georgia high school basketball championships admitted that 14 winners were crowned on a court that wasn't set up to standards.
The Georgia High School Association (GHSA) released a statement Saturday evening that they had seen stories circulating that the goals were set up in the incorrect position at the Macon Centerplex where the day's championship basketball games took place.
Those stories, it turns out, were correct.
But GHSA officials said that the games were still fair.
The goals were the same distance into the court at both ends of the floor, said GHSA Executive Director Gary Phillips. The playing conditions were exactly the same for both teams on the court and for all of the 14 championship games that were played. So I cant see any reason we would consider changing the outcomes."
However, the official statement did mention that one coach brought the discrepancy to their attention. Phillips said that GHSA staff watched the games very closely to check for any "appreciable effect" on the shooting or play of the teams.
The staff didn't notice any issues and said teams involved still performed well from the free throw line.
"While this certainly was not an ideal situation or one that we wanted to happen, we think the conditions were fair for all the teams," Phillips said. "We have plans to make sure this never happens again, but we have no plans to change anything that happened this week in Macon."
Overall 14 title games were played on the court - seven girls games and seven boys games."
Would you ever expect this to happen in Tennessee?
