Breaking News on rules

[MU/Panther]

2015 Postseason NIT will compete using experimental rules, including a 30-second shot clock and a four-foot restricted-area arc. The rules will be in effect for all 31 games of the tournament.
http://www.ncaa.com/news/basketball-men/article/2015-02-06/experimental-rules-be-used-during-2015-nit-include-30-second

[Markedman]

Coaches favor shortening shot clock...

Jeff Goodman Blog

Coaches support a shorter shot clock
February, 12, 2015
FEB 12
11:51
AM ET
By Jeff Goodman | ESPN Insider
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Kansas' Bill Self is among the coaches who would prefer a 30-second shot clock.
The NBA has had a 24-second shot clock since the 1950s. Women’s college basketball currently has a 30-second shot clock. Yet the men’s college game still has a 35-second shot clock, as it has since 1993 when it went from 45 seconds to 35.

However, with scoring dropping again (the national average is 67.78 points per game, down nearly four points from a season ago), the shot clock continues to be a hot-button topic. The NCAA has decided to experiment with a 30-second shot clock, along with a four-foot restricted arc, in the postseason NIT this season.

“It will add to the number of possessions per game, but we don’t know exactly how many,” NCAA vice president of men’s basketball championships Dan Gavitt told me. “And we think it may help the pace of play and the flow of the game.”

We polled more than 450 college basketball coaches to get their thoughts on whether they want it to remain the same or be changed. Division I coaches of all varieties weighed in -- high-major, mid-major and low-major head coaches, as well as assistants.

Here are the results:

30-second clock -- 270 votes (59 percent)
35-second clock -- 137 votes (30 percent)
24-second clock -- 48 votes (10 percent)
28-second clock -- 4 votes (1 percent)
45-second clock -- 1 vote
Total votes: 460

[TheSultan]

Coaches favor shortening shot clock...

Jeff Goodman Blog

Coaches support a shorter shot clock
February, 12, 2015
FEB 12
11:51
AM ET
By Jeff Goodman | ESPN Insider
00COMMENTS0EMAILPRINT
Self
Denny Medley/USA TODAY Sports
Kansas' Bill Self is among the coaches who would prefer a 30-second shot clock.
The NBA has had a 24-second shot clock since the 1950s. Women’s college basketball currently has a 30-second shot clock. Yet the men’s college game still has a 35-second shot clock, as it has since 1993 when it went from 45 seconds to 35.

However, with scoring dropping again (the national average is 67.78 points per game, down nearly four points from a season ago), the shot clock continues to be a hot-button topic. The NCAA has decided to experiment with a 30-second shot clock, along with a four-foot restricted arc, in the postseason NIT this season.

“It will add to the number of possessions per game, but we don’t know exactly how many,” NCAA vice president of men’s basketball championships Dan Gavitt told me. “And we think it may help the pace of play and the flow of the game.”

We polled more than 450 college basketball coaches to get their thoughts on whether they want it to remain the same or be changed. Division I coaches of all varieties weighed in -- high-major, mid-major and low-major head coaches, as well as assistants.

Here are the results:

30-second clock -- 270 votes (59 percent)
35-second clock -- 137 votes (30 percent)
24-second clock -- 48 votes (10 percent)
28-second clock -- 4 votes (1 percent)
45-second clock -- 1 vote



^^^^ - William Francis Ryan, Jr.

[Markedman]

lol...thanks for the laugh Sultan.......I need those this year.....;)

[Nukem2]

lol...thanks for the laugh Sultan.......I need those this year.....;)
Yep, that was a good one.

[MU/Panther]

Ya, funniest post of the year.

[TheSultan]

Thanks. Blind squirrel...acorn...etc. etc.

[Alan Bykowski, "brewcity77"]

The only reason Bo voted for 45 was because there was no "eliminate the shot clock" option.