Hoops Finals Tickets on Sale Monday
March 1, 2015
By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor
Tickets for the Michigan High School Athletic Association Girls and Boys Basketball Finals will go on sale Monday, March 2, from the Breslin Center Ticket Office.
Both can be ordered online by clicking the "Online Orders" link on either the “Girls Basketball” or “Boys Basketball” pages at the MHSAA Web Site. They also can be ordered over the phone by calling (800) 467-8283. Tickets will be sold to walk-up customers from 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. on March 2 at the Breslin Center, and then sold to walk-up customers at Jenison Field House beginning March 3 until the first day of each respective tournament.
Girls Semifinals tickets cost $8 per session, with a $3 service charge then applied to each order. Finals tickets cost $10 per session with the $3 service charge then applied (only one service charge is applied if Semifinals and Finals tickets are purchased together). All girls basketball tickets are for general admission. The Girls Basketball Semifinals are March 19-20, with all four Finals on March 21.
Boys Semifinals tickets also cost $8 per session plus the $3 service charge and $10 per Finals session plus the service charge. Boys Basketball Semifinals and Finals tickets are reserved in Breslin Center’s lower bowl, with general admission for the upper deck. The Boys Basketball Semifinals are March 26-27, with all four Finals on March 28.
For both the Girls and Boys Semifinals, each session includes both games for one class. There are two Finals sessions; the Class D and A championship games are one session, and the second includes the Class C and B championship games. An all-Finals ticket good for attendance of all four championship games also is available at a cost of $20.
Be the Referee: Pregame Dunks
By
Sam Davis
MHSAA Director of Officials
December 13, 2022
Be The Referee is a series of short messages designed to help educate people on the rules of different sports, to help them better understand the art of officiating, and to recruit officials.
Below is this week's segment – Pregame Dunks - Listen
Both basketball teams are on the court warming up before the game starts. All three officials are on the floor, as teams are in their traditional lay-up lines.
In an attempt to get their fans fired up, a player for the home team dunks it when it’s his turn in line, followed by a teammate also dunking one.
Can they do that? What’s the call?
Once the officials are on the floor, as they are in this example, they should assess a technical foul to any player who dunks in pregame warmups. In this case, the visiting team would receive four free throws to start the game – two for each dunking violation – and would start with possession. The technical fouls would also count as personal fouls and count towards the team foul count. And the head coach would receive an indirect technical foul.
Dunking or grabbing the rim during warmups is not allowed.
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Dec. 6: Gymnastics Judges - Listen
Nov. 22: Football Finals Replay - Listen
Nov. 15: Back Row Illegal Blocker - Listen
Nov. 8: Swim Turn Judges - Listen
Nov. 1: Soccer Referee Jersey Colors - Listen
Oct. 25: Cross Country Tie-Breaker - Listen
Oct. 18: Soccer Shootouts - Listen
Oct. 11: Safety in End Zone - Listen
Oct. 4: Football Overtime Penalty - Listen
Sept. 27: Kickoff Goal - Listen
Sept. 20: Soccer Timing - Listen
Sept. 13: Volleyball Replays - Listen
Sept. 6: Switching Sides - Listen
Aug. 30: Play Clock - Listen
Aug. 23: Intentional Grounding Change - Listen