Camera features useful when recording a live high school basketball game? What features should I be looking for in a camera (typically found in cameras less than $1000) for shooting a high school basketball game?  The intent is to use the video for "Game Film" type analysis (so picture quality for rebroadcasting purposes is not as important).  

Some things I have noticed already (borrowing cameras from friends) 


Tripod is very helpful
Most cameras wont cover the whole court (from top bleacher position) in a single shot. (Is there a feature of the camera or tripod that would make this less painful, wide angle?)
Long battery life (1.5 hours)
You may want to look at an action camera like the GoPro.  They are extremely limited in terms of versatility, but they are small, cheap (relatively speaking) and capture a wide field of view.  They wouldn't be suitable for broadcast use or making videos for fans, but they would be terrific at unattended capturing all the action from multiple angles to be able to review after the game to see what happened.