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Former UA star explains his ejection from his son's HS hoops game.

Oh, the beautiful thing about the internet (or maybe it's a curse) is that information spreads quickly.

ArizonaSports.com, along with other web outlets, posted stories and videos about former UA and NBA standout Mike Bibby being escorted from his son's high school basketball game by Scottsdale Police.

Then, during Monday's Doug and Wolf Show on Arizona Sports 620, Fun Katy read a tweet about the subject during the daily "Twitter News You Can Use" segment.

It didn't take long for word to get back to Bibby, who called the Arizona Sports 620 to explain what happened at Coronado High School last Friday night.

"I think the ref had a little ego problem before the game started," Bibby explained. "I kind of got on him early in the game and he told the police to watch me, or whatever.

"I was just sitting there and I told him, 'that was a bad angle, number 23 wasn't in the play, ref' and he just pointed to the police and the police came and got me."

Bibby explained that he is normally pretty vocal, without using profanity, while watching his son play, but that wasn't the case in this instance.

"It was like he wanted to kick me out, I don't know why," he said. "I wasn't going to argue with the police, but apparently that's all it took."

Bibby left the arena without incident and with a smile on his face.

When asked if he thought he'd have been ejected if he was a regular fan instead of a parent who spent 14 seasons in the NBA, Bibby was clear.

"No, the other crowd (Sierra Linda High School fans) was crazier than I was," he said. "They told me that everyone on the other side was worse than I was."

Vince Marotta, Web Content Editor - ArizonaSports.com

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    Tony F. wrote...
    it is..
    Just typical of these professional athletes to act this way. Just because they played a professional they feel compeled to try and disturb of all things a high school game... Bibby Grow up and relax...its just a game and your in the cheap seats now....
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    mesa mad man wrote...
    @Tony F.
    I dont think it really has as much to do with him being a former player as it does with him being a fan of his sons team. Ive been to plenty of these types of games and the refs are harassed by just about every parent.
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    gmoney wrote...
    @Tony F
    It has nothing to do with him being a former pro athlete. You cannot say anything deemed bad to refs out here at high school games without being warned that you can be ejected...I have never seen anything like it, I have been warned a few times by refs and parents around me...
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    Steve H. wrote...
    @Tony F.
    I am far from a Mike Bibby fan and I wasn't at the game this happened in. I have been to games where Bibby was in attendance to watch his son. He can be vocal sometimes, but he isn't outrageous by any means, certainly not warranted to be thrown out or escorted out by police. Some of the HS referees have bigger and more sensitive egos than Rick Flair. Maybe he could show up in his Leon Sandcastle outfit next time.
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    Patrick Peterson's Talent wrote...
    LOL Tony F
    You're a sad, little man. Trolling Arizona Sports just to complain. Get a journal and cry in there. Boo hoo.
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    jjohio_2008 wrote...
    Who!
    Who is Mike Bibby?
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    Coyne40 wrote...
    @ Tony F
    High School refs are not properly educated about they game they lack all the knowledge. Sometimes the athletes involved in high school are very good players. Its rare to find a good ref in high school who actually calls the game. There is nothing wrong with what Bibby did... he simply made a statement about a call that was probably wrong because almost all high school refs suck. Bibby was a professional athlete he probably knows a lot more then a high school ref about the game.
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