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Don't bother trying to figure it out, it just
doesn't make much sense
There are all kinds of newfangled gadgets
and stripes which will be turning innocent looking
basketball courts into labs to conduct all sorts of
crazy experiments this winter
For example, eight conferences will be ex
perimenting with shot clocks this season ranging
from 30 to 45 seconds, and with an even broader
array of restrictions The Atlantic Coast Confer
ence, for instance, has a 30 second clock which
will be turned off the last four minutes of the
game, while the Southestern Conference has a 45
second clock with no restrictions.
Confused7 This is only the beginning.
Nine conferences will be playing with three
point shots this winter The shortest three point
shots will come in the ACC, where the line is just
17 feet, nine inches from the center of the basket
The longest will come in the Big Sky, where the
line is 22 feet away
Complicating all of this further is the fact that
not everyone measures the distance from the
same place. Some measure from the front of the
rim, others start at the backboard No one is
measuring from the first row of seats yet, but don't
be surprised if someone decides to try it.
Fortunately, Pac-10 coaches have not yet
given way to the tide of new wave basketball that
swept the nation last spring They are content to
sit back and watch the craziness
And it is just that After all, isn't it the NBA that
has shot clocks, three point shots — and a lot of
red ink? And isn't it college basketball which has
the lucrative TV contracts while the NBA strug
gles to get playoff games shown live, or at all? And
isn't it college basketball that had almost 62,000
fans attend the national championship game last
March at the Superdome in New Orleans?
One might well wonder what is going on, but
one would be better off to ask why.
There are almost as many answers to that
question as there are to the first one But the
primary reason is the fear that stall tactics will turn
college basketball into a real sleeper, and turn
fans to the NBA
Given the NBA s ratings these days, this
concern seems to lack logic. Especially when you
consider that it was one game — North Carolina's
47-45 win over Virginia in the ACC tournament
final last year — which instigated the rash of
changes
As recently as March of this year, the nation's
coaches overwhelmingly rejected the idea of shot
clocks and three-point shots But the nationally
televised ACC final, in which UNC chose to stall
the final 7:00 with a one-point lead, changed
things dramatically
Overnight everyone and his uncle were
clamoring for shot clocks and three-point shots
The game which was drawing record crowds
across the country was suddenly in danger of
losing those fans to a deep sleep because of "The
Stall "
After all, who wants to see the likes of Ralph
Sampson and Pat Ewing standing around?
It's much more exciting to see them running,
gunning, and slamming. That’s where the fun is.
For those who have the runners, gunners,
and slammers, it is a lot of fun. And this year,
thanks to the rule experiments, it's going to be a
blast for them
And a blow-out for the others. If 47-45 is bad
for basketball, I wonder what the coaches will
think of 102-55. If more points is what you like,
more points is what you will get But when the
haves play the have-nots it will be the haves who
get the extra points. So instead of putting fans to
sleep with "The Stall" they will often turn them off
with runaways.
A lot of fans, especially Oregon State fans,
were turned off two season's ago when Stanford
slowed its Pac-10 encounter with the Beavers to a
crawl to avoid being blown away
The result was a tense game and the fans,
while disgusted by the tactic, probably tuned in
until the end to see who would win, whereas they
might have found something else to do had the
game been decided in the first 10 minutes.
By instituting the shot clock, conferences are
eliminating the upset They are also taking the ball
out of the coaches hands That is probably good
But fans like to pull for the underdog, and they
also like to play armchair coach. How much
coaching can the coaches — or the fans — do
when the game is over five minutes after it starts
The three point shot, on the other hand, may
actually help the game in the long run If the line is
far enough away it could draw some of those
packed zones out from under the basket, and in
turn open up the offensive end of the court
If there is more room for the offense to move,
there will be more offense — with or without a shot
clock
Only time will tell whether or not all this
experimenting is worth the confusion it will cause
coaches, players and fans across the country If it
works, maybe Ralph Miller will finally be able to
convince enough people to try a 12-foot high
basket to combat all of that boring domination by
the big guys inside the key Or maybe someone
will decide peach baskets were the best idea after
all
Go Ducks Go Ducks Qq Ducks
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