New Rules

[Crimson King]

1) 4 instead of 5 timeouts
2) No use it or lose it timeout in first half
3) Time must run off the clock between timeouts (no back to backs)
4) Only one replay per team per game (this includes for flagrant fouls--do it later)
5) No Double Bonus
6) If a team down 3 is fouled with under 5 seconds left, 3 shot foul no matter what

What else? I'm on the fence on shortening the shot clock, wider lane, etc.

 

[CoachTalk]

lol on number 6. Lets just make a 4 pt shot as well.

 

[BoulderSooner]

Just call the rules the way they are written. Ie like the beginning of last seasok. Scoring will go up and the game will be more watchable

 

[Zimwillett]

1) 4 instead of 5 timeouts
2) No use it or lose it timeout in first half
3) Time must run off the clock between timeouts (no back to backs)
4) Only one replay per team per game (this includes for flagrant fouls--do it later)
5) No Double Bonus
6) If a team down 3 is fouled with under 5 seconds left, 3 shot foul no matter what

What else? I'm on the fence on shortening the shot clock, wider lane, etc.

1. Definitely cut down time outs. They already get 8 free "media" time outs per game. I've seen way too many games where the teams collectively have 7 time outs heading into the last two minutes of the game. There's no reason for that. I like the no back to back TO suggestion. I'd say 4 with a use it or lose it in the first. That would give each team 3 TOs in the second half. That should be more than enough.

2. I disagree with limiting the number of replays. The point is to get the right call. I think limiting the amount of time a replay can take would be the solution.

3. Eliminate the "timeout" after a player fouls out.

4. I wouldn't mind seeing some kind of free throw shot clock. Anything to eliminate the pre and post free throw huddles and high fives would shorten the process quite a bit.

5. Regarding gameplay, I definitely think shortening the shot clock is a must. College men in the US are the only players in the world that need 35 seconds to run an offense and shoot. Even college women only get 30 seconds. Teenagers all over the world can run offense with a 24 second shot clock under FIBA rules. 35 seconds for college men is absurd.

6. The wider lane and enlarged "no-charge" arc would help a lot too. It's way too easy for college defenses to "pack the paint".

7. I think they need to go back to the freedom of movement principles they tried last season and then, inexplicably, abandoned. Fans will initially gripe about "too many fouls", but do stick with it, and players and coaches will adjust and the game will become far more watchable.

 

[BoulderSooner]

7 is the must

 

[campbest]

Fewer and no live ball timeouts from the bench.

Coaches have too much control and micromanage the game.

 

[SoonerBounce13]

Less trips to the monitor. And if you can't do that, put a time limit. like 1 minute on trips to the monitor.

What about getting rid of goal tending after the shot has hit the rim or backboard?

 

[sperry]

Agree with number 6, at least if the individual is outside the three point arc.


Shots at the buzzer are a huge part of what makes basketball great, and taking that option off the table because the leading team can foul is the absolute worst.



1-3 I could get behind, but won't happen because they reduce tv ad money. I don't agree with 4: getting the call right is the most important thing. 5 I can get behind, and is the only one I can see them actually doing.

 

[DenverSooner]

Fewer and no live ball timeouts from the bench.

Coaches have too much control and micromanage the game.

Would you allow the ball to be advanced like in the NBA?

It seems reasonable that a coach would like the ball across mid court to set up a play in late game situations.

I don't really see the need for a lot of changes other than freedom of movement. I wouldn't have a huge problem with taking away one time out.

If I were really going to make a change, I might point out that late fouls are intentional and should be called as such unless the player actually attempts to steal the ball. You see guys just hug players late in the game to get a foul. I see so many situations where the team is in the bonus (not double) and it is clearly an intentional foul but not called as an intentional foul.

I really don't like games to be officiated at different times of the game. If we want different rules to apply in late game situations, the rules need to say that. A charge/block should be called identically in the first minute as the last minute.

 

[OKUman]

Just call the rules the way they are written. Ie like the beginning of last seasok. Scoring will go up and the game will be more watchable

Right on. If they call the hand checks, walks, offensive players pushing backwards on a defensive player and all the other crap the refs ignore it would be a nice, fair game for everyone. Also stop calling fouls if you are not in a position to actually see if it was a foul refs.