You Have Been Chosen.....

1hawkeye1

1hawkeye1

Well-Known Member
.... to be apart of an elite panel to come up with a solution to the problem of the last few minutes of bb games taking forever.

I've got two ideas:
#1 If a team has a lead of more than 5 points and is fouled with under 20 seconds, they can choose to either shoot the FT's or take the ball out of bounds underneath their own basket.
#2 If a team has a lead of more than 9 points and is fouled with less than a minute, they can shoot the FT's or take the ball in the back court with all defenders staying in the front court until the ball is in-bounded.

Let's hear your ideas or feel free to eviscerate mine.:p
 
This guy is having extreme difficulty watching the last five minutes of every bball game he has ever watched.....

tumblr_inline_o36101VQyI1qd6myy_500.gif


He is still supremely shocked by the Hawks magnificent victory over the filthy boilermakers the other evening.....

:cool:
 
OP, I would amend your rule #1 to say more than a 6 point lead because a team trailing by 6 or less can make a lot happen hitting some three pointers.

I think letting the team ahead, which has worked hard to get ahead, could be allowed to take the ball out of bounds and this also helps when you have a bad free throw shooter in the game for defense who gets the ball and immediately gets fouled.
 
The good thing is we probably won't have to watch Iowa play in any more close games because Bohannon sucks so bad. I mean, he's way better than Gesell obviously. But he still sucks.
 
ShockHawk22 said:
Part of the game. Make your free throws and not a problem. End of thread
Click to expand...
Well, it's not a matter of making or missing. It's a matter of dragging out games waaaaay beyond what is necessary and reasonable. Making 30 seconds last 5 minutes by constantly parading to the FT line is ridiculous, imo.
 
PCHawk said:
The good thing is we probably won't have to watch Iowa play in any more close games because Bohannon sucks so bad. I mean, he's way better than Gesell obviously. But he still sucks.
Click to expand...
I see what what you did there. Let's see if he takes the bait.
 
If the NCAA would simply change the intentional foul rule to add obvious foul to stop the clock in the last 60 seconds. Then the problem is solved. No one would intentionally foul because it's free throws and the ball back. I have always wondered why intentional fouls are never called at the end of games. Most the time the fouler is making the weakest attempt at the ball.
 
End of game should be same rules as rest of game-- replays allowed all game, dont stop the clock until inbounded. Either use the aforementioned intentional foul rule or have all fouls in a game have option of inboundsing.
 
jacktheknife said:
End of game should be same rules as rest of game-- replays allowed all game, dont stop the clock until inbounded. Either use the aforementioned intentional foul rule or have all fouls in a game have option of inboundsing.
Click to expand...
It is aggravating when officials will absolutely refuse to call intentional fouls at the end of games. Like you say, if they would, teams wouldn't do it.
 
Fouls and FTs aren't the problem. It's the game.

What slows the game down are reviews. Offenses have a 30 second clock. Reviews should too. And keep the teams on the floor away from their bench.
 
Anyone who fouls down more than 12 points inside 1 minute gets their arm hacked off with a butcher knife. Rule will only need to be implemented/ used once.
 
I like your ideas but instead of the option of taking the ball out of bounds I say the team shoots the free throws with something like a 10 second run off.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.

Latest posts

Share this page

Top