No. 12 Villanova is playing a “home” game at the PPL Center in Allentown, Pa., against Lehigh, which is actually about five miles from Lehigh’s campus. The arena just opened in September, and is meant for a minor league hockey team, the Lehigh Valley Phantoms of the AHL. It was not meant for basketball, so there isn’t a possession arrow. Instead, they went to this official looking system:
Villanova and Lehigh are playing in an arena without a possession arrow, so they’re improvising
Great coloring skills by the alternate ref!
A few seconds after that call, there was one the other way:
It got the job done, because remembering which way the arrow went last time doesn’t require advanced technology, but it looked pretty silly.
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