The teams from Riverdale High School and Smyrna High School, both in suburbs of Nashville, were removed from the playoffs, placed on probation for a year, and fined $1,500 by the Tennessee Secondary School Athletic Association.
Two Tennessee high school girls basketball teams have been removed from the postseason after they both tried to intentionally lose a game against each other.
In letters to both schools, the TSSAA said that the programs were being punished because the teams made a "mockery of the game" by trying to lose on purpose.
The TSSAA said they did so because neither wanted to be seeded third in the post-season tournament.
According to an account by the game's referee, Riverdale started out in a 2-3 zone, which was not usual for the team.
The Smyrna coach soon realized what was going on, according to the referee, and decided to swap in his second team. Riverdale then did so as well.
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