Shot clock being redused to 30 seconds?

[Zimwillett]

I, for one, haven't felt the games are too slow. I don't mind teams taking time to run their offense. I actually find the opposite to be more annoying to me. I agree that it can be a bit painful to watch teams bricking wide open shots, but this won't increase anybody's shooting percentage. If anything, it will decrease it.

At first, yes, percentages will probably go down a little, but in the long run, I think college players and coaches would adjust. If teenagers in FIBA were able to adjust to a 24 second clock, US college athletes can easily handle a 30 second clock.

And in the long run, I think a shorter shot clock might actually improve ball movement, efficiency, shooting, and team play. There's no denying that international players are generally much more efficient offensive players, and I think the fact that they all grew up with a 24 second shot clock is a big reason why.

 

[NickZepp]

I, for one, haven't felt the games are too slow. I don't mind teams taking time to run their offense. I actually find the opposite to be more annoying to me. I agree that it can be a bit painful to watch teams bricking wide open shots, but this won't increase anybody's shooting percentage. If anything, it will decrease it.

I think the biggest problem in college basketball is that officiating is inconsistent. It's hard to tell night to night if a game will be tightly called or not. That's really what effects pace the most. Shot clock does play a role as well.

 

[SoonerInJersey]

From a raw numbers standpoint, you're probably right. Limited data (CBI and NIT this season) shows that it only adds an average of about 4 points and 3.5 more possessions per game.

I think the more important development is that the NCAA Rules Committee is finally showing some willingness to address some of the problems with the game. My hope is that this will be successful and cause them to be willing to consider other, more significant, steps.

I agree. And the impact is in crunch time. It allows a bit more excitement if the game is within 10 or so as it is harder to run the clock down.

And going to an international paint and an NBA 3pt plus charge zone also is a plus. More creativity allowed. Less make the game ugly ball.

 

[chuckb]

I don't really see the benefit of lopping 5 seconds off the shot clock. It's pretty rare that a team waits till those last five seconds to shoot, and when they do, that means we've seen some good defense that's forced them to wait.

No shot clock at all would be a big problem, but the difference between 30 and 35 seconds will be negligible, in my opinion.

The big problem isn't the last 5 seconds. I think we'll still see the same % of possessions where the first shot is in the last 5 seconds. The real problem is the amount of time so many teams waste at the beginning of the shot clock. So many teams fail to even begin their offensive sets until there are 15-20 seconds left on the clock. Reducing the shot clock by 5 seconds will save 5 seconds per possession each time a team does this. They waste 5 fewer seconds in each of those possessions. This means more possessions per game and, in my opinion, a better flow.

 

[BoulderSooner]

If they don't call the fouls any different this will cause scoring to go down

 

[Zimwillett]

If they don't call the fouls any different this will cause scoring to go down

I agree that the way games are officiated is a big part of this equation, but the evidence (albeit limited) does not support this assertion. In the 3 post season tournaments where they used the 30 second shot clock, teams averaged 4 more points per game. And that wasn't just the result of increased possessions. Efficiency actually improved slightly:

"In the CBI, CIT and NIT, teams have actually been more efficient under the new shot clock than they were during the season, going from an average of 1.046 points per possession to 1.063 points per possession."

Granted, it's an incredibly small sample size, but I think those numbers will actually go up when teams actually have some time in the off-season to adjust.

http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/ncaab/2015/03/30/college-basketball-30-second-shot-clock-nit-cbi-cit/70673490/