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Username Post: Muscala Jersey Retirement Ceremony at Sojka        (Topic#23685)
Bison137 
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Muscala Jersey Retirement Ceremony at Sojka
12-12-19 11:50 AM - Post#294540    
    In response to DoCtoR62

  • DoCtoR62 Said:
In a sport that can only offer 36 numbers to begin with, retiring numbers is not a good tradition to start. It can put future coaches in a difficult position if a highly-touted recruit has a strong affinity for a number that is not available because of someone who played 50 years ago.






Agree about the problems that retiring numbers can create. Occasionally people have proposed easing the college rule on numbers that prohibits any number with 6,7,8, or 9. But it has never gained momentum. However the NBA, of course, does allow the higher numbers and doesn't seem to have any problems with it. Same with the international game. Think of Bill Russell (#6), Pete Maravich (#7), Kobe Bryant (#8), John Havlicek (#17), Willis Reed (#19), etc. Also Dennis Rodman (#91) and George Mikan (#99). I doubt any scorer's table has been overly confused by those numbers.

Technically there are 37 possible numbers, since both 0 and 00 are legal, but only one of the two can be used for a given team roster.




 
scorekeeper 
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12-12-19 11:55 AM - Post#294541    
    In response to Bison137

It is so much easier for communication by the ref and the scorers table for using those 37 possible numbers!


 
BisonRoadWarrior 
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12-12-19 01:00 PM - Post#294546    
    In response to scorekeeper

The less the college game resembles the NBA, the better.

 
Bison89 
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12-12-19 02:23 PM - Post#294556    
    In response to BisonRoadWarrior

Honestly, I never knew that the NCAA limited what numbers can be used. Interesting.
New season, new team, new dream . . .


 
Bison54 
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12-12-19 05:05 PM - Post#294579    
    In response to scorekeeper

Is that because most refs can't count without fingers???


 
Bison1999 
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12-12-19 06:25 PM - Post#294583    
    In response to Bison54

  • Bison54 Said:
Is that because most refs can't count without fingers???




Actually, kinda! Jersey #55 is the largest number that can be signaled to the scoring table with a single gesture.

Similarly, it would be confusing to signal "6" to the table. Is it a "6" or a "15"? And so on ... .

Go Bison!

 
Bison137 
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12-12-19 06:47 PM - Post#294585    
    In response to Bison1999

Perhaps confusing for college scorers or refs. But the NBA and international leagues, along with some HS leagues, seem to do just fine with numbers such as 19 or 37 or even 79.




 
jkrun80 
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12-12-19 08:06 PM - Post#294587    
    In response to Bison137

Part of Mike's problem this year might be that he switched to #33. Time to bring #31 out of retirement.

 
Bucknellbisonfan21 
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Muscala Jersey Retirement Ceremony at Sojka
01-17-20 01:15 PM - Post#296884    
    In response to DoCtoR62

Muscala is the first interview on this “You HERD it Here” podcast where he talks about his time in the NBA and also his upcoming jersey retirement.

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/you-herd-i t-...

Edited by Bucknellbisonfan21 on 01-17-20 01:15 PM. Reason for edit: No reason given.

 
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