Why was Stanford's coah allowed to address his team at halftime?

[Norm]

When you are ejected from the game, are you allowed to talk to your coaches and your players? According to Trent Johnson, he talked to both his team and his assistant coaches during the 15 minutes at halftime. I've been tossed out of youth hockey games, and if that happens you are no longer allowed to talk to ANYBODY on your roster until the game is over.

One other thing, was I just seeing things, or didn't Marquette at one point have a 38-28 lead before the end of the first half? During halftime when they switched to other games, they had us up 36-30 at half> Am I wrong, or didn't we reach 38 points in the first half?

[Norm]

Couple other thoughts:

Did any Pac-10 team play East of the Mississippi? Or for that matter, east of Denver?

Discounting the technical free throws MU got with the double technicals, MU was only rewarded with 8 free throws in the flow of play to 28 for Stanford. In fact, Brook Lopez alone took one less FT than the entire Marquette team.

[Mayor McCheese]

You've been kicked out of Youth Hockey games??? yowsa

yea the foul difference was awful again, especially in the second half, I feel we have been robbed, but it was a very good game none-the-less.

[Norm]

It's not that hard to get kicked out of youth hockey games when you are coaching, especially on the road in New Jersey. I was tossed for simply asking why a player on my team got called for a 10-minute misconduct. (Final explanation: while the check was technically fine (meaning no check from behind, no cross check, etc...) my player was much bigger than the player he checked and should have shown more caution (the player was 12).)

[chapman]

Couple other thoughts:
Did any Pac-10 team play East of the Mississippi? Or for that matter, east of Denver?

K-State played in Nebraska, east of Denver.

Oregon lost to Mississippi State in Little Rock.

Arizona lost to WVU in Washington, D.C.

[Mayor McCheese]

Couple other thoughts:
Did any Pac-10 team play East of the Mississippi? Or for that matter, east of Denver?

K-State played in Nebraska, east of Denver.

Oregon lost to Mississippi State in Little Rock.

Arizona lost to WVU in Washington, D.C.

Kansas St is in the Big 12... the other two are valid 

[chapman]

My bad...it's late and I've got jet lag.  That should be K-State's first-round opponent, USC. 

[TallTitan34]

When you are ejected from the game, are you allowed to talk to your coaches and your players? According to Trent Johnson, he talked to both his team and his assistant coaches during the 15 minutes at halftime.

I was wondering that too but considering they showed video of him talking to his team at halftime and no one had a problem with it, it must be ok.

[gjreda]

When you are ejected from the game, are you allowed to talk to your coaches and your players? According to Trent Johnson, he talked to both his team and his assistant coaches during the 15 minutes at halftime.

I was wondering that too but considering they showed video of him talking to his team at halftime and no one had a problem with it, it must be ok.

I thought the same thing during half time and pulled up the NCAA rule book online.  According to the book, any ejected personnel is to report to the locker room for the duration of the game.  It never said anything about not talking to the team or coaches.  I was surprised about it.

[rugbydrummer]

yeah, but it, i don't know, kind of undermined the whole point of ejecting someone from a game, though.  not like it really matters in the long run, but just a little irritating.  can he communicate on walkie-talkie too??

[mu_hilltopper]

This just in, Stanford forfeits due to ejected coach improperly speaking at halftime, Marquette wins by default.

Homer: Woo Hoo!  De-fault.  The two sweetest words in the English language.