Originally Posted by
Wahoo2000
There's a healthy debate going on over on our board vis-a-vis rule changes people would like to see. Much of it sparked by the endless talking heads discussing how Virginia's (and some other schools, but we're the chief offender surely) slow pace of play is "ruining the game". It's really morphed from a discussion mostly on the shot clock to overall rule changes we'd like to see.
Since DBR is probably my favorite board for intelligent conversation regarding college hoops, I wanted to get your collective thoughts.
Personally, I'd like to see (in descending order of importance to me):
1. 30 second shot clock - 24 is probably too short for the college game, too little depth of skill for the hundreds of teams who can't recruit top 100 talent to be able to get a decent shot in that amount of time. Game overall would probably be uglier than it is now with the lengthy clock. (It would be great for teams stocked with NBA-caliber athletes though)
2. Go back to last year's block/charge changes. It was rough, but I expected it to take a couple of years for the refs to adapt to that change. Taking away some of the bang-bang nature of that call and giving the advantage to the offense forced teams to contest at the rim, rather than flop (which I hate - no offense meant to Duke... honestly).
3. If a team is struggling to get the ball out of the backcourt vs a press, and they call timeout, DO NOT reset the 10 second count. Don't give teams a pass against pressure just because they have timeouts left.
Some others have argued for a change to the held-ball system, but I think the one in place is about the best solution we can offer. Other propositions include giving teams in the double bonus the option of taking the ball out of bounds (I'd rather just shoot free throws).
I'll start off by saying that the block/charge rule from last year was a travesty, I say, a travesty, sir, which penalized teams that play good defense. The rule will just have to be interpreted as best they can by referees... harumph!! Nobody gets a free pass to my basket!!!
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