Ah the annual tinkering with the rules.
The NCAA is considering two rule changes(H/T: Fifth Corner) for approval at the Playing Rules Oversight Panel meeting on June 3rd. The first has to do with which player may shoot FTs in case of an injury.
In the proposal of substituting for a free throw shooter who has been injured, the opposing coach would choose the player to attempt the free throws from the four remaining players on the court.
It is not outside the realm of possibility that a minor injury to a bad FT shooter might get milked to put a better one at the line. Under this rule, the opposing coach would get to send say Ed Davis to shoot FTs for an injured Marcus Ginyard which would be a fairly big dropoff. The rule makes sense on one level then in some respect it seems sort of wrong. I cannot place my finger on it but it just does not seem right.
The second rule will draw far more scrutiny:
The recommendation on play under the basket won’t call for a restricted-area arc painted in the lane as the NBA has, but it prohibits a secondary defender from establishing position in the area from the front of the rim to the front of the backboard. A defender must establish position outside that area to draw a charge or player-control foul.
So let me translate that: We are not going to paint a restricted-area arc but by rule put one in that requires the referee to not only watch the feet of the defender to see if he is establish position but also figure out if he is between the front of the rim and the backboard.
Yeah, not a chance we will see any blown calls on that one. Seriously, just put the freaking arc in. That way the referee can look at the defender’s feet and see if he is in front of the line or not instead of having to make a judgment call on it. The referee should be watching the players feet anyway, with this rule he would have to worry about whether the feet are moving and also note the defender’s position in relation to the restricted area. For some reason the NCAA will do everything in its power not to look like the NBA or NFL. That is the only reason I can phathom for not putting the arc in. Either that or Mike Krzyzewski lobbied hard against it knowing it would hurt the way his team plays defense. Speaking of Duke players trying to play defense in and around the basket, it has been awhile since this has made an appearance at THF.
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Can we PLEASE get a 30-second shot clock like they have in the women’s game?
So for Rule #1 the new strategy is to foul the oppossing teams best free throw shooter so hard that he has to leave the game, and then you get to pick the worse shooter on the court to take the foul shots. Brillant…
I would not worry about that. As sensitive as they are about hard fouls, any foul hard enough to injure a player will be called as a intentional or possibly a flagrant giving a team two shots and the ball.
The 35 second shot clock seems more than fine to me.
That Pic will never get old.
I can’t figure out what that rule means, but it sounds like you don’t have to be out as far as the restricted NBA arc. Sounds more like you can’t stand directly under the basket and take a charge.
That is the way I read it but IMO it introduces a 2nd element the referee has to judge when deciding a charge/block call in the vicinity of the basket. Now we will have countless YouTube videos of games decided by such a call and people crying bloody murder that their team was robbed because the ref said the defender was under the basket when he was not or something.
as if the charge/block rule wasn’t bad enough. ugh.
I agree. Put the arc in.
I also like the rule of allowing the opposing coach the option to pick the player to shoot the foul shots. Seems like a pretty fair way to do it, and it provides extra motivation for a slightly-injured player to stay in the game versus taking a breather while the 90% FT shooter takes your shots.
I hate to say this, but can you imagine Karl Hess making decisions about the charge/block call? I’m feeling bad about this already. Arc!
Danny!!! Boy, that picture NEVER gets old. I’ll be ninety and still cheer whenever I see it.
Is Peyton Manning in the bottom left of that pic? lol
Yes. Yes it it.
Yes, that pic never gets old! lol. In terms of the FT shooting rule, I’m not sure what the answer is. I don’t think its fair for a bad ft shooting player to fake an injury only to have a 90% kid take the shot and I understand why the rule is being discussed. After looking at it, though, it seems to tilt the advantage to the fouling team. I don’t think either way is fair. Perhaps, if an injured player isn’t able to shoot the free throws, they should pull a number out of a hat and whoever has that number has to shoot it.
Although you can’t see him, Eli Manning is to Payton’s left.
There are two images that will forever represent the UNC dominance over Dook from 2005-2009.
The first would have to be that picture above. That is punctuation like none other.
The second would be the You Tube moment of Tyler hitting the three as the shot clock was about to expire, ca. 2006.
4-0 at Cameron in four years. I know this isn’t the topic of the thread, but man…4-0!!!
The NCAA NEEDS that arc under the hoop. Letting defensive players take charges so far under the hoop punishes offensive players for being reasonably aggressive. Drawing a charge has become so easy, it’s ridiculous. Growing up, the rule of thumb for taking a charge was the defensive player had to be set two steps before the offensive player got to that spot on the floor. Now the defensive player can practically be in the act of sliding in front of the offensive player and he can get the charge, he just needs his shoulders squared. Drop your shoulder, even if the defensive player is clearly blocking, charge. On the flip side, while they’re calling flops and blocks as charges, they’re letting big guys bang like crazy. I personally think ref’ing is getting inconsistent and out of control. /Rant off
FYI-
Patrick Patterson announced he’s coming back to UK to “win (the program’s) eighth national championship.”
Here are some quotes, followed by the link:
“I want to help Kentucky compete for a national title, and even more than that win its eighth national championship,” Patterson said in a statement released by the school. “I’m also really excited about playing for coach Cal and developing my game in the dribble drive offense.”
The Wildcats needed an experienced player to return in Calipari’s first season.
“Oh my gosh! Now I get a chance to coach this kid for a year,” Calipari said in reaction to Patterson’s decision. “He’s going to graduate in three years.”
Calipari said Patterson went through workouts with the Wildcats and enjoyed the new offense.
“He said, ‘Wait a minute, I want to do this,’” Calipari said. “He said he would be wasting everybody’s time by staying in the draft, mine, yours and the NBA and ‘I just don’t want to do it.’”
Here’s the link:
http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/news/story?id=4153040
Now, feel free to comment on Calipari’s quotes. There is apparently quite a stir now between Louisville and Kentucky fans about the wherabouts of Rick Pitino. Parrish has a piece on CBS’ basketball site about the recent occurences regarding Pitino potentially going to the Sacramento Kings.
Wow, it’s already begun!