Link to the article on ncaa.com
It looks like a lot of folks might get what they asked for with a shortened shot clock. Additionally the committee said that reducing the physicality of the game was the most important topic of discussion. These are the points of emphasis for the upcoming season:
- Perimeter defense, particularly on the dribbler and strictly enforcing the directives put in the book before the 2013-14 season.
- Physicality in post play.
- Screening, particularly moving screens and requiring that the screener be stationary.
- Block/charge plays.
- Allowing greater freedom of movement for players without the ball.
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I'd like to see them get rid of back court calls, too. The shot clock should do well enough to keep the pace of the possessions at the right rate, so who really cares where the ball is on the floor during the possession?
One of my favorite defenses that we ran in high school was a half court trap, if you get rid of back court calls it takes a press option away from the defense.
The back court calls in the NBA are actually for 8 seconds instead of 10. Also, if there are no back court calls, then as mentioned above, it makes the press less valuable for teams trying to push the pace, because teams don't need to move the ball past half court in an entire 30 second possession. The back court calls are helpful in keeping the flow of the game. It would never be eliminated, professionally or on the collegiate level.
I think he was joking...
I wasn't actually, I think the game would be fine if the whole floor were always available.
I also realize that I messed up my terminology, I'd like to see them eliminate both the backcourt (taking the ball across, then behind midcourt) as well as the clock on getting the ball into the frontcourt.
Backcourt is bringing the ball past half court then going back across the half court line or the offense retrieving a loose ball on the otherside of the half court line that hasn't most recently been touched by the defense.
Edit: Misread what poster of comment was trying to say, thought he was trying to talk about the 10 second backcourt calls, not over and back
Getting rid of the 5 sec call is a bad idea. And they should use the International lane. But some really good stuff proposed this year.
I hope they really enforce the fouled out player non time out thing.
Steps in the right direction for sure.
I don't pretend to know a lot about basketball, but I've heard people say these rule changes would be a detriment to the way UVA plays. Is that accurate?
It cuts both ways for UVA. They generally play well enough on defense to get their opponents to force a contested jump shot near the end of the 35 second shot clock. Meanwhile, their offense also likes to use the entire shot clock to keep the pace of the game down. I would say this rule change may actually be net positive for UVA given their style of play.
Not really, good defense is good defense. It's hard to get a quality shot against them with 35 secs, so harder with 30.
Just more possessions in a game now and they play to minimize the number of possessions. So in theory, high scoring teams who shoot early in the clock will be less impacted while slow pace teams will be more impacted.
But playing UVA won't get much easier.
possible impacts to UVA:
they may try to push the ball more in transition, which is something they often pass up and is my main criticism of their style of play. they'll get pressed more and have less time for their musical chairs style O, so points per possession in their half court O may decline. if so, they'll need to make that up elsewhere.
I don't think they'll change their D...less time on the clock is their ally. but with less time and more possessions in a game , teams may be more willing to work for and take what they give, i.e., the mid-range shots. if you can hit from mid-range, you can wear them out.
i don't think this is a big issue for UVA. on the whole, well coached teams will benefit from these changes and they are a well coached team
Not nearly as detrimental as Tom Izzo. Thanks Michigan State!