Complained to my wife about the problem of one and dones in college basketball. She said I don't hear her complaining about me being a one and done sexual partner. So I shut up and slinked away.
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SJU14
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I would like to see the required time in college changed to two years and also the shot clock to 30 seconds. I don't think the 3 point line will increase the play of the game. The thing I really wanna see is less media timeouts. They kill the flow of the game and make it less enjoyable. 6 minute timeouts every 4 minutes stinks.
beast of the east
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Running clock, like rec league games. The clock stops for time outs and for ft's in the last 2 minutes of each half. 40 minute games over in an hour. Replace uniforms with t shirts with local sponsor names on back.
Complained to my wife about the problem of one and dones in college basketball. She said I don't hear her complaining about me being a one and done sexual partner. So I shut up and slinked away.
Take off the Bama uniform man in the rack man, works every time.
I have no issue with the shot clock as it is. No interest in seeing the college game become more like the pro game. If the pro game was more like the college game, I might actually watch it.
The only change I would make on the college level is to move the 3 point line out to the NBA distance. The cheap 3-pointer has destroyed the game. All you see now are dunks and 3s, and along with that has come erosion in all sorts of fundamentals, some direct and some indirect. Moving the 3 point line out would bring back the mid-range jumper, which in turn would improve spacing, add complexity to defenses, and open the lane some more.
If I cared about the pro game, then for them I would suggest widening the lane, and in fact widening the entire court some. I'd also raise the basket a foot. The problem with that game is that the players are too big and too skilled for the arena they're playing in. It's like having the varsity team playing in the elementary school gym.
I guess it all depends on what you want to see. For me the game is about sharing the ball, movement, teamwork, finding open looks. A lot of that depends on spacing, and the current college and pro set-ups have created a lot of non-traditional spacing that changes the way the game is played.
If you prefer guys running up and down the floor in a real-life version of NBA Jam, then you go the other way. That's probably the taste of a majority of folks (lots of whom were never exposed to anything else), so it's probably the way things will go.
The only change I would make on the college level is to move the 3 point line out to the NBA distance. The cheap 3-pointer has destroyed the game. All you see now are dunks and 3s, and along with that has come erosion in all sorts of fundamentals, some direct and some indirect. Moving the 3 point line out would bring back the mid-range jumper, which in turn would improve spacing, add complexity to defenses, and open the lane some more.
If I cared about the pro game, then for them I would suggest widening the lane, and in fact widening the entire court some. I'd also raise the basket a foot. The problem with that game is that the players are too big and too skilled for the arena they're playing in. It's like having the varsity team playing in the elementary school gym.
I guess it all depends on what you want to see. For me the game is about sharing the ball, movement, teamwork, finding open looks. A lot of that depends on spacing, and the current college and pro set-ups have created a lot of non-traditional spacing that changes the way the game is played.
If you prefer guys running up and down the floor in a real-life version of NBA Jam, then you go the other way. That's probably the taste of a majority of folks (lots of whom were never exposed to anything else), so it's probably the way things will go.
MarkRedman
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I, too, would like to see kids stay in college at least two years
I would also like to see a 30 second shot clock
My beef is with the timeouts
You'll never get rid of the media timeouts (commercials = lots of $$$$)
But, to speed up play, I would require all of the players to remain on the court when the refs stop the action to review a play as well as when a player fouls out and the coach has to make a substitution. By allowing these "faux" timeouts, it breaks up the flow of the game and lengthens it unnecessarily.
beast of the east
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I'm wondering if challenged in court if the age 19 rule would hold up in court. (there is no college rule as far as I know, but it was a rule which the NCAA was complicit in the NBA's determination).
I don't think you should restrict an individuals right to make a living in the NBA or anywhere else. Perhaps the rule should be that if you commit to an LOI it is minimum a two year binding agreement between player and school.
And unlike MLB, the NBA gets a free minor league system where their future players can develop and hone their skills before turning pro. I can't see the NBA making any changes to this rule. It's int heir self-interests to continue the status quo.
I hope, in your enthusiasm for Calipari's "figuring out this sport" that you also realize he and others like him at Syracuse and U. Conn have turned this sport into a circus. I see guys on this board wishing we had a coach like him so they could root for a team that is in the hunt for the Final Four every year. I'm sorry for sounding bitter, but as someone whose undergraduate years spanned both Coach Lapchick and Coach Carnesseca, I have learned that being competitive and excelling at team play is what makes college sports great. I'm not saying we can't accomplish that and be a winning program, but please let's not try and copy those who have made the term "student-athlete" a source of cynicism. Let's stay close to our tradition.
Yes because the academic excellence achieved by our recently recruited student athletes has been astounding.
Obviously, any big time college sports program produces some who if not for their athletic contribution, would not pass muster as students. I'm sure Army and Navy football players aren't all Bill Bradley types. The point is that some laugh in the face of a college education while others at least are proud of their schools and make the most of their albeit sparse educations. The Calipari's of this world make a mockery of it because most of their students are gone before they can flunk out.
basketballjones
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Yes because the academic excellence achieved by our recently recruited student athletes has been astounding.
Obviously, any big time college sports program produces some who if not for their athletic contribution, would not pass muster as students. I'm sure Army and Navy football players aren't all Bill Bradley types. The point is that some laugh in the face of a college education while others at least are proud of their schools and make the most of their albeit sparse educations. The Calipari's of this world make a mockery of it because most of their students are gone before they can flunk out.
I bet a lot of Cal's "student athletes" could easily flunk out in their first semester before conference play even starts. North Carolina has been running phony classes for football and basketball players for many years.