After watching Mizzou lose to UCLA last night, I'm convinced college basketball needs a few changes to get back to what it once was.
1. A faster shot clock. The game was played at a fast pace, and it was great to watch. Games played in grind-it-out fashion in the 50s and 60s aren't fun to watch. Games should be in the 80s and 90s. I know the great Big 8 teams of the 80s would frequently have high-scoring slugfests.
2. Do something about fouls. Bill Walton mentioned several times a need to modernize the rules of college basketball. He's absolutely right. That UCLA could have four fouls to give with 10 seconds left to play is a joke. That they'd be allowed to give all four to eat up clock is worse. That the fourth can involve slamming a Mizzou player to the ground is awful. That ruined a beautiful basketball game for me (and would have even if MU won).
3. Keep players in school more than one year. Forget about a baseball rule. Just set an across-the-board two-year age limit. If a guy wants to go pro that bad, let him play in Europe. Seeing UCLA's insanely talented players was so much fun. They're like the offensive version of last year's Kentucky (but not quite as good). They might only lose Muhammad to early entry, but it's still an unfortunate loss for college basketball. Seeing those guys come together for two years would be special.
