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Originally Posted by AllPurposeGamer
I'd be in favor of stopping the clock in the final minute of play. After made baskets, it would stop the new defense from trying illegal tactics to try and stop the clock.
I'd like if NFHS went ahead and extended the coach's box like NCAA's. In Texas we give the coach's a six-foot box and it's never really enforced unless a coach is giving an official a hard time (at least in these parts).
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Agree. I had a competitive game this past season where a 3-point basket was made with 7 seconds remaining to close the game to a 1 point deficit, but since they had no timeouts left they couldn't stop the clock and the other team smartly took their time to get to the ball. Even when I started counting when the player stood next to the ball, they didn't need to throw the ball in to win because there was only 4 seconds left. At the varsity level, I have enough confidence in most table crews to stop the clock properly if given some reminders at the beginning of the season.
As for the Texas coaching box, I too think enforcement would improve by either adopting the NFHS 14-foot box or the NCAA 28-foot box. It just seems we've adopted the "as long as they're coaching, they're okay" philosophy as to enforcing the coaching box, partly because of the size of the Texas exception. (What happened to everything's bigger in Texas?
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