OT: Full Court Shot
Haven't seen this posted, but a video of a girl in high school making a full court shot. Pretty impressive, especially for that level of play.
The question for those more knowledgeable about basketball than myself: is that a 2 or a 3?
February 12th, 2013 at 2:00 PM ^
video at my office because youtube feeds are blocked, but in general, aren't all long distance shots outside the 3 point line 3 pointers? they do have the 3 line in HS girls basketball.
February 12th, 2013 at 2:03 PM ^
Probably. I think he's asking because in the video the ball bounces, hits the floor, and then goes in the basket afterwards.
Sidenote: Fuck full court/half court shots. They've fucked us twice in the last couple years between Evan Turner and Ben Brust (and i think the 3 from Wisconsin a couple years ago to beat us at home was pretty deep too). Can't remember the last time Michigan benefitted from a highly improbable shot.
February 12th, 2013 at 2:11 PM ^
Those are 3 of my worst memories in basketball. The 3 Wisconsin scored a few years ago wasn't very deep but it was an ugly shot. We forced the ball away from Wisconsin's top scorer then one of their poor 3 point shooters banked it in on a rushed shot.
February 12th, 2013 at 3:05 PM ^
no defender on the man inbounding the ball...just saying!
February 12th, 2013 at 2:33 PM ^
Devin Gardner to Roy Roundtree....of course, you were talking about basketball. For that, I struggle to come up with an answer.
February 12th, 2013 at 3:06 PM ^
Good point. If you consider both sports, we have been awfully lucky on jump-ball pass receptions in the last two years in football.
February 12th, 2013 at 4:13 PM ^
Yeah, football we've gotten some lucky breaks which makes things like the South Carolina ending easier to swallow (the Notre Dame loss wasn't horrendous either just because I know we won in such dramatic fashion the 3 previous years).
Basketball though.....I mean if there is any justice in the world we will be down 2 points to Sparty tonight with 3 seconds left and someone like Max Bielfeldt will make a full court shot at the buzzer.
February 12th, 2013 at 2:03 PM ^
the ball bounces before it goes in..my guess it is a two because it hit the floor within the three point line.
February 12th, 2013 at 2:03 PM ^
The reason they were asking, since you can't see it, is because the ball is thrown as far as the young lady can heave it, it bounces about 8' from the basket, and on the bounce goes in the basket.
It would still be a three, I believe.
February 12th, 2013 at 4:03 PM ^
Thanks to you and the other posters above that enlightened me about the video, I now can't wait to watch it when I get home from work. This sounds like something incredible.
I thought maybe the OP didn't know if HS basketball had a 3 line or something, my mistake on misunderstanding.
Based on what you've described, I think it does still count as a three, unless it was touched by someone else on the bounce.
February 12th, 2013 at 2:02 PM ^
Wow, what a bizarre shot. I'm not 100% sure about this, but isn't the distinction where the feet of the shooter are when he/she jumps or shoots the ball? In this case it's clearly still a 3. Although it's not everyday you see the ball bounce into the basket under any conditions.
February 12th, 2013 at 2:03 PM ^
February 12th, 2013 at 2:03 PM ^
I heard Kim Jong il once made 50/50 full court shots.
At least that's what NK says.
February 12th, 2013 at 2:07 PM ^
NK apparently swept all the Gold medals at the Olympics too...news to me but that is impressive.
/s
February 12th, 2013 at 2:04 PM ^
It's treated the same as a loose ball own-goal tip-in, awarding two points to the player closest to the ball where it hits the ground.
February 12th, 2013 at 2:08 PM ^
This should be a two. Section 73, Article 4: "A try shall end when the throw is successful, when it is certain the throw is unsuccessful, when the thrown ball touches the floor or when the ball becomes dead.
February 12th, 2013 at 2:13 PM ^
I'm assuming that "try" means "three point try," but this could be interpreted as a waived bucket too.
February 12th, 2013 at 2:10 PM ^
USA Today had a brief item on this and said it counted for 2 based on a response they got from a rules expert over twitter:
@usatodayhss From our basketball rules editor: The shot counts as two points, credited to the shooter. Never seen that outside of "HORSE"
— NFHS (@NFHS_Org) February 11, 2013
Not sure how accurate this eHow item is, but it also says it's a 2-pointer but that the points shouidn't go to the shooter:
If a player makes a shot after bouncing it off the ground and into the hoop, the player who was closest to it when it bounced off the ground would be awarded two points as the ball would be considered a loose ball after it left the bouncer's hands and the rule would revert to the rules of scoring in loose ball situations, just as when a player scores on his own team.
February 12th, 2013 at 2:10 PM ^
But why did she chuck that up with like 8 seconds left?
February 12th, 2013 at 2:34 PM ^
And why after the shot was made did the other team just stand there for about 5 seconds before putting the ball in play instead of pushing it back down the court?
I had the pleasure of coaching my daughter's 6th grade travel basketball team. We once played a 32 minute game and won 6-2. Afterwards the fans went wild and I hid someplace ashamed that people would find out I coached an "elite" team that set back the game of basketball about 40 years.
February 12th, 2013 at 2:53 PM ^
February 12th, 2013 at 4:32 PM ^
In the Lake Erie League tournament this weekend played, the #1 seed 5th grade boys team won their opening game 81-8.
Girls 6th grade "B" championship game was a 9-7 final.
February 12th, 2013 at 4:34 PM ^
It always works out for them
February 12th, 2013 at 2:11 PM ^
I had no idea you could bounce balls into the basket for points. I would have assumed it would not count since it hit the floor. Learn something new everyday . . .
February 12th, 2013 at 2:12 PM ^
Just to be contrarian (after a pretty amazing play I have never seen before): Why did she shoot a full court shot when she did? Based on what happens after the play and the time of the video, there were like 6 or 7 seconds left when she shot it. The other team is able to inboound the ball, dribble it up and set up a play at the 3 point line.
February 12th, 2013 at 2:29 PM ^
If I knew I could throw the ball down the court and it would bounce in the net, I'd be doing it regardless of how much time is left... what they failed to do however is steal the pass folling the bucket and put up another shot... the ultimate 2-4-1
February 12th, 2013 at 5:41 PM ^
I was trying to figure it out myself. She must have lost track of time.
February 12th, 2013 at 2:14 PM ^
February 12th, 2013 at 2:32 PM ^
but would it count as 1 shot attempt or 2 shot attempts. So in other words is her shooting percentage 100% or 50%?
February 12th, 2013 at 2:36 PM ^
I could be missing something here but two questions.....
If it is a pass.......Who is she passing to?
If it is a shot.......Why is she shooting a full court shot?
I guess the obvious reason would be that it is girl's basketball???
February 12th, 2013 at 2:48 PM ^
February 12th, 2013 at 2:38 PM ^
It is not that impressive and the level of play seems low. That was not a shot and I am not sure you can even call it a pass. No one is in the vicinity of the pass and there was no need to put up a shot attempt (buzzer beater). I have no idea what this girl was thinking.
It is cool and neat, but that is about all.
February 12th, 2013 at 2:40 PM ^
We had a guy make a full court shot on us in high school. Funny thing about it is that happened midway through the first half and was a complete accident. He was trying to pass it to someone on a break away under the hoop and accidentally made it.
February 12th, 2013 at 2:50 PM ^
The fans were counting down the shot clock on the other team. This girl got confused and thought time was running out - when she got the ball she heaved it. Just a teenaged kid making a mistake, but having it pay off. I'm sure it's happened to all of us in different venues.
February 12th, 2013 at 2:55 PM ^
i guess wisconsin will be recruiting her then
February 12th, 2013 at 3:06 PM ^
I didn't see the final of this game mentioned yet, but I believe this girl's team won 30-22, if I remember this morning's story, so on top of making what may very well be a once-in-a-lifetime shot, she helped them win. That will end up being a pretty cool memory of a pretty cool shot.
Sadly, the closest I've come to seeing that is someone kicking a ball in frustration and accidentally making it from about 3/4 court. Impressive, if a violation.
February 12th, 2013 at 8:35 PM ^