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Air Force returns from “secret” scrimmage
November 1st, 2010, 12:53 pm · 1 Comment · posted by Frank Schwab
Air Force men’s basketball went to California this weekend to scrimmage against USC. Those workouts are supposed to be secret – no stats, no fans, no media, no publicity. Coaches and players are not allowed to talk about it afterward. But when an entire basketball team goes across the country to play some basketball, it’s tough to keep that under wraps. It is a pretty nice opportunity for the Air Force players to get a road trip like that, and to prepare for their season opener on Nov. 14.
From someone who attended the scrimmage: Tom Fow and Taylor Broekhuis both played pretty well for the Falcons, which is good news, especially in Broekhuis’ case. He needs to take a big step up this year as the Falcons’ top big man. Also, word is Air Force played USC pretty tight (I have to imagine it was a low-scoring scrimmage) before some younger Falcons players got some time in the second half.
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Good news for our Falcons on all parts. I think ‘as goes our 5 position this year, will go the Falcons. Glad Taylor had a good game. Looking forward to surprising a few this year. Yes, the scimmage was a ‘secret’ scrimmage…..all under the rules from the NCAA allowing one such scimmage during pre-season. From the NCAA:
Rules on Preseason Scrimmages
The first opportunity to conduct a practice scrimmage is the same day as the first opportunity to practice [i.e., 5 p.m. the Friday nearest October 15 (effective August 1, 2008)]. Further, a practice scrimmage may be conducted at any point during the season. The practice scrimmage may not be included on the institution’s published season schedule and may not count against either team’s won/loss records. Only athletics department staff members and those individuals necessary to conduct the practice scrimmage may be present during the scrimmage. Further, the institution must ensure the scrimmage is free from public view and media are not in attendance.
An official score and/or statistics for the practice scrimmage may not be kept. However, an institution may keep score and/or statistics for private use. The institution may not post the score and/or statistics in a newspaper, on the participating institutions’ Web sites, conferences’ Web sites or any other location. In addition, an institution may not provide the score and/or any statistics to any type of media outlet. All student-athletes participating in the practice scrimmage are subject to the daily and weekly hour limitations. A practice scrimmage is considered to be a contest.