BR's Moore: rules changes have made men's hoops better

I still think the biggest issue with the change of the rules is consistency. I cant remember where i heard this but it was on sports radio the other day and they were discussing one of the major problems. The younger guys (officials) trying to make a name for themselves and earn their way up the ranks are most likely going to go out of their way to follow the rule changes while the more tenured officials who are already doing NCAA tournaments will revert back to calling the games the way they are accustomed to. As a result of this it will continue to remain inconsistent from game to game and even play to play based on the make up of the crews assigned to each game. Not sure whether I buy into this or not but it was definitely an interesting listen. Wish I could remember the source.
 
I would agree with the thread title. I like taking arm bars away from defenders, and stopping the defense from throwing body blocks at cutters.

I don't like allowing posts players to slam into their defenders until they move them under the basket, then awarding them a FT when they are the ones who intitiated contact.

It will take some time to get it all straightened out, but it's definitely headed in the right direction.
 
It was never going to be pretty this year, but as long as officials are serious about the new emphasis, it will keep getting better.
 
I think the rules have had an effect, and most definitely in a good way. The hands all over the ball handler 25 ft. from the basket are gone. Letting defenders re-direct the ball handlers with their hands is gone. The movement of the players is much better, and the defenses have already adjusted to a certain extent. Another year of this, and it should be worked out even more.
 
Bo Ryan wouldnt have near the winning % he has if these rules were in place 10 years ago. Wisky cant survive giving up 75 PPG.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.

Latest posts

Share this page

Top