"Hey Ref, that's five seconds!"

[JRutledge]

Originally Posted by Mark T. DeNucci, Sr.

Jeff:

Don't you remember my history lesson earlier in this thread. The women's college game has used the FIBA Closely Guarded Rule since at least the late 1960s.

MTD, Sr.

And since when did Women's basketball set the agenda for basketball? Every Men's basketball rule in college is influenced by the NBA and not FIBA. Heck, most of the talk about rules changes for during the Final Four was to change the shot clock to 24 seconds, get an 8-second backcourt violation and widen the lane. None of these are about FIBA but the NBA influence.

Peace