NCAA went overboard with new rules

 I like the 30 second shot clock and the one fewer timeout per half. There is automatically a TV timeout every 4 mins anyway. How many stoppages of play do coaches really need?

As far as the whole freedom of movement thing, it seems like this happens every season. All offseason there is talk about how the game needs to be cleaned up to try to increase scoring, which I agree with. Then for the first few weeks of the season the refs really make it an emphasis to call basically everything and everyone freaks out about how many fouls are being called. However, after a few weeks things always seem to slowly revert back to normal and it is hardly an issue by the end of the season. I wouldn’t worry too much about the excessive foul calls right now. This is just the NCAA directing the refs to call everything to show how they are cleaning up the game. I don’t think it will last.

 I like the 30 second shot clock and the one fewer timeout per half. There is automatically a TV timeout every 4 mins anyway. How many stoppages of play do coaches really need?

As far as the whole freedom of movement thing, it seems like this happens every season. All offseason there is talk about how the game needs to be cleaned up to try to increase scoring, which I agree with. Then for the first few weeks of the season the refs really make it an emphasis to call basically everything and everyone freaks out about how many fouls are being called. However, after a few weeks things always seem to slowly revert back to normal and it is hardly an issue by the end of the season. I wouldn’t worry too much about the excessive foul calls right now. This is just the NCAA directing the refs to call everything to show how they are cleaning up the game. I don’t think it will last.

Only thing is those are scheduled. Sometime you need that extra t/o just to quiet the opposing crowd or ‘gather the troops’ or stop a run , adjustments . They should have cut a tv timout but obviously those spots are paid for.

Only thing is those are scheduled. Sometime you need that extra t/o just to quiet the opposing crowd or ‘gather the troops’ or stop a run , adjustments . They should have cut a tv timout but obviously those spots are paid for.

Those 4 TV Timeouts per half are insane. They ruin the flow of the game, they reduce the importance of reserves (the bench), and they take away my enjoyment of college basketball.

What’s the solution? Of course I would love to see all media timeouts eliminated but the greedy NCAA will never do that. Did you notice the NCAA reduced team timeouts but didn’t touch their precious media timeouts? My simple, quick solution is elminate one TV Timeout per half which means 6 per game versus the 8 we have now. 

That doesn’t sound like much but it is. Instead of a stoppage every 4 minutes, it will be one every 5 minutes. More importantly my suggestion will eliminate 8 minutes of commercials (about 4 per media timeout).

Those 4 TV Timeouts per half are insane. They ruin the flow of the game, they reduce the importance of reserves (the bench), and they take away my enjoyment of college basketball.

What’s the solution? Of course I would love to see all media timeouts eliminated but the greedy NCAA will never do that. Did you notice the NCAA reduced team timeouts but didn’t touch their precious media timeouts? My simple, quick solution is elminate one TV Timeout per half which means 6 per game versus the 8 we have now. 

That doesn’t sound like much but it is. Instead of a stoppage every 4 minutes, it will be one every 5 minutes. More importantly my suggestion will eliminate 8 minutes of commercials (about 4 per media timeout).

 You could change all the full timeouts to 20 second timeouts.  That would make the game a bit quicker.

I watched a lot of the Memphis-Oklahoma game.  We were doing well until Dedric Lawson got his fourth foul.  Then Shaq Goodwin picked up his 4th foul shortly after.  We have very few bigs, so this could really haunt us.  We literally only have about 3 guys taller than our starting U of Memphis quarterback (QB Paxton Lynch is 6’7).  

I think you should call fouls whenever contact effects the outcome of the play.  So, hacks are out.  

I do like the 30 second shot clock.  Teams now have to play a bit faster, and coaches can’t overcoach.  And, given most college coaches, this is a GOOD thing.  I HATE micromanager coaches.

These rule changes favor teams with depth AND size, teams that like to speed you up, and teams that don’t overcoach, and run simplistic strategies. 

Hey, did John Calipari write these rule changes?

 You could change all the full timeouts to 20 second timeouts.  That would make the game a bit quicker.

I watched a lot of the Memphis-Oklahoma game.  We were doing well until Dedric Lawson got his fourth foul.  Then Shaq Goodwin picked up his 4th foul shortly after.  We have very few bigs, so this could really haunt us.  We literally only have about 3 guys taller than our starting U of Memphis quarterback (QB Paxton Lynch is 6’7).  

I think you should call fouls whenever contact effects the outcome of the play.  So, hacks are out.  

I do like the 30 second shot clock.  Teams now have to play a bit faster, and coaches can’t overcoach.  And, given most college coaches, this is a GOOD thing.  I HATE micromanager coaches.

These rule changes favor teams with depth AND size, teams that like to speed you up, and teams that don’t overcoach, and run simplistic strategies. 

Hey, did John Calipari write these rule changes?

None of the games I’ve watched have looked like that. Must have been bad refs in the game(s) you saw. 

None of the games I’ve watched have looked like that. Must have been bad refs in the game(s) you saw.