Puget Sound Basketball Leagues

For a decent priced league in the city it does the job of being able to play organized bball once a week. Would give 2.5 stars but I guess Unilocal doesn’t allow half star ratings.
Cons (I will raise my rating if they could improve on the following):
— Some kind of playoff system or tournament at the end of sessions where the winning team gets something. A cheap trophy, t-​shirts, anything. Having records is okay but there’s not any incentive beyond having a good record.
— Changing the clock stoppage rules. If the game isn’t within 7(?) points at the 3:00 mark of the second half the clock keeps running. So if my team is down 10 with 3:00 to go but then cuts the lead to 3 with 1:00 left the clock doesn’t stop. This is frustrating, doesn’t make sense and worsens the experience.
— Also, clock should be stopped for timeouts too regardless of how much time is on the clock.
— The refs need to let us play more sometimes there are some pretty ticky tack fouls called and calls are not consistent across both teams.
— Some of the gyms are not very nice. It would be nice if all the gyms were of consistent quality/​size
— A better scorekeeping system and someone that keeps stats. I would rather have one ref instead of two and have the other ref keep score and mark individual stats
— Better online experience that shows more than just records. How about individual stats, photos, charts so teams can track their progress not just for that session but for as long as they’ve been registered
Pros:
— Scheduling is fairly flexible
— They offer leagues on most days of the week
— Gym locations relatively close to the city

Basically, this league allows you to play once a week guaranteed. The refs are not always the best, some are better than others. The clock is running which can be annoying for basketball purists and makes a comeback in the last few minutes virtually impossible. There’s a wide range of talent and PSBL does their best to assign you to an appropriate level of play which eliminates the probability of blowouts which aren’t fun for anyone.
You have to keep your own score but there is a scoreboard. Not that big of a deal, whoever’s on the bench for the «home» team does it. Like I said in the first sentence, it’s an opportunity to play basketball once a week which is nice to have in Seattle, a city where basketball’s not particularly popular.

It’s a pretty competitive league, they take a look at every team’s record and strength of schedule during the week and match you up with a similar opponent, so blowouts are fairly few and far between. Scorekeeping isn’t the most accurate and efficient sometimes but for the most part it’s a good opportunity to play some organized basketball in a town otherwise starving for it.
I signed up as an individual as I am just moving into the Seattle area. Friendly people/​players/​referees so far. $ 65 for 7 or 8 games (don’t remember which and I’m too lazy to look it up) and $ 15 for a reversible jersey.

The refs in this league are garbage.
The competition in this league is garbage.
Score keeping is ridiculous.
Don’t sign up for this league.