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Originally Posted by Camron Rust
While i am all in favor of a unified rules set, you arguments for doing so have no merit. There will be the same number of spots open on college teams each year...changing to a shot clock doesn't make teams have more openings. Perhpas you were refering to having more of the existing freshman playing more time...not help there either as the sophomores/juniors/seniors will still be more experienced and shot clock familiarity is certainly not the biggest factor in playing time.
How many possessions, in an average HS game, do you really see lasting more than 35 seconds w/o a shot? Very few. I've worked many games that would have never come close to a shot clock violation. The shot clock will only affect a small number of players/games anyway.
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Cameron,
Here in Washington State, before the shot clock was adopted, there were several games (both regular season & post-season games) that would of had very different outcomes had the shot clock been in use. I've seen it happen when I was Boys' Basketball Manager as well as a bystander, when a team would just pass the ball around for a minute or more without even making a shot attempt just to tire out the defense or run out the clock cause of their lead.
Yes now on average, the offensive plays last maybe 20 seconds on average, however the shot clock has caused the game to be faster paced. Before the shot clock, the plays averaged about 30-35 seconds (except on fast breaks or poor defense).
Concerning freshmen playing on college squads, sure experience counts, however how can a person not get experience unless they are allowed to play under those rules from the very beginning.
How often are the best players not those with experience but with the drive & determination to learn to better both themselves & the team (to gain more experience)? Freshman, as well as sophmores have more to prove to both the team as a whole, & the coach. They are less experienced, but they are wanting to play for the team & the coach. Juniors & Seniors have basically proven themselves, so more often than not, they're playing to just better themselves, not the team.