Ohio High School Athletic Association Expands Hoops Season By 2 Games

The boys and girls basketball regular season will expand from 20 to 22 games beginning in 2012-13, the Ohio High School Athletic Association announced Thursday. Coaches have long sought adding two games, and the OHSAA Board of Control approved the measure in a 5-4 vote.

“We play one of the least amount of games in the country, Mentor boys coach Bob Krizancic said. The vast majority play 25 or more. I applaud [the OHSAA]. It’s a great move.”

Also Thursday, Commissioner Dan Ross said the OHSAA will conduct a competitive-balance survey to determine if a new proposal should be put in the pipeline for a referendum vote next May. Last month, the OHSAA’s competitive-balance referendum failed by 19 votes.

The OHSAA is anticipating a competing, grass-roots initiative to place the separation of public and private school playoffs up for vote on the May 2012 ballot.

“It remains the goal of the OHSAA to keep public and nonpublic schools together in the same tournaments, Ross said in a statement.

In other board action, the number of regular-season hockey games was capped at 35. In swimming, each of the four district tournaments will have two automatic qualifiers to the state tournament, while the other 16 state qualifiers will be at-large selections from the remaining best district times. Boys and girls bowling will expand to two divisions beginning with the 2013-14 season.

The OHSAA also released paid attendance figures from the boys state basketball tournament, which experienced a 16 percent decline from 2010 (130,820) to 2011 (109,805). This continues a trend since attendance reached 175,399 in 2006.

, Ohio High School Athletic Association Expands Hoops Season By 2 Games

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The boys and girls basketball regular season will expand from 20 to 22 games beginning in 2012-13, the Ohio High School Athletic Association announced Thursday. Coaches have long sought adding two games, and the OHSAA Board of Control approved the measure in a 5-4 vote.

We play one of the least amount of games in the country, Mentor boys coach Bob Krizancic said. The vast majority play 25 or more. I applaud [the OHSAA]. It’s a great move.”

Also Thursday, Commissioner Dan Ross said the OHSAA will conduct a competitive-balance survey to determine if a new proposal should be put in the pipeline for a referendum vote next May. Last month, the OHSAA’s competitive-balance referendum failed by 19 votes.

The OHSAA is anticipating a competing, grass-roots initiative to place the separation of public and private school playoffs up for vote on the May 2012 ballot.

“It remains the goal of the OHSAA to keep public and nonpublic schools together in the same tournaments, ” Ross said in a statement.

In other board action, the number of regular-season hockey games was capped at 35. In swimming, each of the four district tournaments will have two automatic qualifiers to the state tournament, while the other 16 state qualifiers will be at-large selections from the remaining best district times. Boys and girls bowling will expand to two divisions beginning with the 2013-14 season.

The OHSAA also released paid attendance figures from the boys state basketball tournament, which experienced a 16 percent decline from 2010 (130,820) to 2011 (109,805). This continues a trend since attendance reached 175,399 in 2006.