In a move that would make those pig-tailed girls from "The Parent Trap" proud, Chavis and Travis Holmes, identical twins on the VMI basketball team, told The New York Times' Quad blog that they pulled the twin-swap on unsuspecting referees in the Keydets victory over Richmond on December 31.

"When we played Richmond," Chavis said, "we did a little switcheroonie."

In that Dec. 31 game, Chavis had missed three free-throws in a row early in the first half, and Travis could see that his brother was struggling. So the next time Chavis was fouled, Travis had an idea.

"He just walked up to me like, Man, let me shoot these," Chavis said. "So I just let him."

Travis made both free-throws, and the Keydets went on to win, 73-70. The twins said their parents were the only people who noticed the switch.

If true, that would be both amazing and underhanded at the same time. Looking at the game log, though, there are some major holes in Chavis' story.

According to him, the switch came after he missed three free throws in a row during the first half. The only problem is, Chavis didn't miss three free throws in the first half. He didn't even attempt any free throws in the first half.

Maybe they got the halves wrong. Even then, in the second half Chavis never missed three in a row. He did miss two consecutive attempts from the charity stripe, but recovered to make his next one.

However, if the story did take place and Chavis just got the details wrong, it would likely have come in that stretch. Chavis missed his next free throw to cap a 1-4 stretch from the line. On the next possession, he blocked a shot on the defensive end. The game log says that brother Travis came down with the rebound and was fouled by Richmond's David Gonzalez. Travis went to the line and hit the two shots.

Could that have been where the switch occurred? Did Chavis actually get fouled and Travis went to the line instead? It's the only situation in the game that somewhat resembles the story Chavis told The New York Times, but it's still hard to imagine that the refs screwed up that badly. Refs aren't looking at faces when they determine which player was fouled, they're looking at numbers. And since Travis and Chavis wear different numbers, it's highly unlikely that they managed to pull this off. (Perhaps most importantly, making the switch wouldn't have made much sense. Those three misses notwithstanding, Chavis shoots better from the line than his brother; 85 percent for him, compared to 80 precent for Travis.)

It's quite possible that Chavis and Travis were in a scrum for that rebound, Chavis got fouled, the whistle blew and the twins were able to sell the fact that Travis, and not Chavis, got fouled. But that's much different than the ol' switcheroo.

Thanks, Fanhouse