CBB shot clock 30 seconds?

[victor2111]

It was talked about a year ago before being shut down, now the ACC is thinking about it and will do it in exhibition games.




Might we finally be seeing change coming to college basketball’s 35-second shot clock?

Among the items that were discussed at the ACC’s spring meetings this week was a reduction of the shot clock to 30 seconds, and it has been decided that the conference will use a 30-second shot clock experimentally during exhibition games this season.

“Our coaches and ADs both felt it would be an enhancement to the game in today’s world,” ACC commissioner John Swofford said, according to a report from ESPN. “It adds more possessions and potentially would speed up the game.”

Reducing the shot clock has been a topic that’s been up for debate for a couple of years now, as college hoops has the longest shot clock at any level of the game where one exists. The NBA has a 24-second clock. Women’s basketball has a 30-second clock in college and a 24-second clock in the NBA. FIBA uses a 24-second clock. At the high school level, shot clocks are not required by all states, but the Nike EYBL uses a 30-second shot clock.

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Imo the shot clock has had little effect on the college game. It has prevented the "four corner" hold the ball crap which is good and so I'm glad there is one but I doubt changing from 35 to 30 does much in the end. 30 is a nice round number so change it.


That being said I do like games where x's and o's play a big part. I would rather see a team have to run several screens and have to pass several times etc. As opposed to run and gun style. I do not want to see the college game look more like the pro game.

[cwerph]

The women's game already uses 30 seconds. All for it. Just an attempt to increase scoring, imho.

[ohstatefan]

Not sure I agree that it would speed up the game. I suppose it depends on what they mean. If they mean it makes the game more fast-paced, then sure. But I don't think it makes the duration of the game in real time any shorter. In fact in cases of blowouts, it would make it take longer since the leading team has less of an opportunity to bleed the clock.

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May 21, 2014 8:04:08 GMT -5 @theref said:

Imo the shot clock has had little effect on the college game. It has prevented the "four corner" hold the ball crap which is good and so I'm glad there is one but I doubt changing from 35 to 30 does much in the end. 30 is a nice round number so change it.


That being said I do like games where x's and o's play a big part. I would rather see a team have to run several screens and have to pass several times etc. As opposed to run and gun style. I do not want to see the college game look more like the pro game.

What Ref said.

[WANG]

May 21, 2014 8:56:45 GMT -5 ohstatefan said:

Not sure I agree that it would speed up the game. I suppose it depends on what they mean. If they mean it makes the game more fast-paced, then sure. But I don't think it makes the duration of the game in real time any shorter. In fact in cases of blowouts, it would make it take longer since the leading team has less of an opportunity to bleed the clock.

I am pretty sure by "speed up the game" they mean tempo/pace, not actually shorten the length of time.