Selection Sunday-NCAA tournament thread

Way back in the day, the team that was fouled had the option of shooting free throws or inbounding the ball. we could go back to that.

 

A team can be up by eight with two minutes to play and lose by six.

It's awful. Especially when it kills momentum in Tournament games.

 

Thanks for the links, but philosophically I just couldn't get myself to go that way as a coach. My team would be better than the odds defensively or it didn't deserve to win in regulation.

 

It's never going away, guys. If you can't foul, that eight-point game with two minutes to play is over. If you can foul, you might get a buzzer-beater.

 

It's part of the reason why the games are so watchable. Free throws are missed. Players screw up the inbounds pass.

 

One way to make fouling less prevalent is for them to make the shot clock 30 seconds, or even 24. In the NBA, teams still have a chance, without having to foul, in an eight-point game with two minutes left. In college, unless the team that's behind hits a three-pointer every time down the court, they're probably going to have to foul, especially once the game gets under a minute and they're still down by 4+ points.

This would also up the amount of possessions and scoring each game, and make it tougher for teams like Wisconsin to just play keep-away in any second half in which they have a lead of more than eight points.

 

Imagine the 2008 championship game with Kansas, down nine with 2:12 to play, unable to foul Memphis. Kansas has no chance. As it stood, Memphis missed enough FTs that we got an all-time three-pointer by Chalmers and an overtime finish.

There is no way in hell the NCAA is ever letting go of that. It would be like the NFL going back to the days of no two-point conversion when an eight-point lead with five minutes left basically meant game over.

 

Isn't there something fundamentally flawed with rooting for failure rather than success?

 

I'd like to see the college game adapt the pro rule of allowing a team to advance the ball up the court with a timeout. Imagine the added excitement if, after La Salle hit the Southwest Philly floater to give it the lead with a second left, Ole Miss could call a timeout, advance the ball, put Marshall Henderson in and give him a shot to win the game.

 

I hate that rule. If you call a time out after a made basket you should get the ball where you have had you not called a time out. Giving the ball at half court is arbitrary.

 

I'd like to see the college game adapt the MTV Rock N' Jock rule of 25-point baskets that sit 25 feet above the court. Imagine the added excitement if, after Michigan went up 25 in the second half, VCU was able to tie it and make it a back-and-forth showdown.

 

You're dating yourself, and so am I.