NEW METHODS OF SCORING BASKETBALL GAMES

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Coach of Basketball, Drexel Institute.

Basketball, as it is played today, naturally de-
pends upon individual. ability, but .on the Whole, it is not an
individual game. It is a team game, -and for this fact alone,
the work of ‘the five men. as a team should be taken into con-
sideration in scoring methods, To accomplish this, my recomm-
ended ‘change is as. follows: The college playing period, tnstead
of consisting of two twenty minute periods, should consist of
three fifteen minute periods with ten minutes between the
thirds. Now in addition to the regular scoring methods used.
at present, I advocate the awarding-of a given number of team
points at the end of each third to the team .that has predomin-
ated the play throughout the‘ third which, naturally, will be
evident by having scored the most points during that ud me Pn
terval. |

My object in auding this.coring feature is that
where a team has predominated the play under modern methods,
we will say for thirty or thirty-five minutes, only to lose
the game the last minute by one or two lucky baskets from the
main field will be prevented from being considered the winner
unless this flair is of a aajor portion. To illustrate this,
let us look at the following table, ~~ |

Individ'l Team Individ'l Team Indiv Team

 

 

 

 

Points . Foints - Points Points Points rotnts

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Team A eto yhiewm rial 24h 3 ES? lpi FEC 0246
Team B $0 ae 5 12 : 5--5=41
Team A 11 5 13 = 12 36-10246
feam B LQ fey Lee 5 48- .5243
Team A 12 5 14 5 ' i 33-10=43
Team B 10 Ilo: 18 6 80 Ge 5244

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Looking at the first table, we observe tht ThA A
predominated the play for two-tairds of the game. However, on
the use of the usual system, the score is tied. But by aillow-
ing five points for team play for each third, TEall A; which
has played the. most consistent game, is credited with winning
the game, 46 to 41l,: eo lo Ree: er. Wetis

| Again: dooking aticdebLe! two: TRAM aches predominated .
the play for two-thirds, | However, TEAM B predominates the
last third, but not #n an Outstanding way. AcCtordine to the.
individual points, TEAM B is ahead of). TEAM’ A, 36 .t0:. 36 but’ by
giving weight to. team points. and considering the fact that
TEAM A predominated the Play and played the better game the
major portion of.the: time; it. wowld win and this system gives.
it a score of 46 -t6: 432, 60 ofa

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