Late game - stop the clock fouls

[Camron Rust]

Originally Posted by ilyazhito

Two words: shot clock. That cuts down on the amount of late-game fouls, simply because both teams have to play offense and defense until the shot clock turns off on the last reset before the period ends.
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Therefore, a shot clock could render this discussion moot, as fewer stop-the-clock fouls tend to happen in shot-clock games.

Then why hasn't it reduced late game fouling in levels that use the shot clock? The NCAA and NBA have had the shot clock for decades and there is still a lot of late game fouling.

[bob jenkins]

Originally Posted by Camron Rust

Then why hasn't it reduced late game fouling in levels that use the shot clock? The NCAA and NBA have had the shot clock for decades and there is still a lot of late game fouling.

The fouls would stop if the NBA and NCAA assigners would put JV officials as a fourth official on the game to get them experience.

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by bob jenkins

The fouls would stop if the NBA and NCAA assigners would put JV officials as a fourth official on the game to get them experience.

Sarcasm aside. Seriously, do colleges have junior varsity teams? Every once in a while I hear something about such teams.

I know that many years ago freshman were not eligible to play "varsity" college basketball, so colleges had freshman teams (1968 NCAA changes to freshman eligibility sports except football and basketball. 1972, football and basketball followed suit).

I believe that the Ivy League was the last to make the change to allow freshman to play "varsity" (1971 for some sports, 1991 for football).

Note: That's why Lew Alcindor (Kareem Abdul-Jabbar) only played three years (66-67, 67-68, 68-69) of "varsity" basketball at UCLA. He didn't leave early to join the NBA, he was forced to play a year of freshman basketball at UCLA.

[ilyazhito]

Yes, Division III and NAIA colleges do have junior varsity teams. They may not be frequent, but they do exist.

I have only reported what has happened in my games that do use a shot clock, so perhaps things are different at the Division I level.

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by ilyazhito

Division III and NAIA colleges do have junior varsity teams. They may not be frequent, but they do exist.

It's nice to know that some colleges still value student participation in intercollegiate athletes. Maybe the true student athlete really does exist.

[Raymond]

Originally Posted by ilyazhito

Yes, Division III and NAIA colleges do have junior varsity teams. They may not be frequent, but they do exist.

I have only reported what has happened in my games that do use a shot clock, so perhaps things are different at the Division I level.

Originally Posted by BillyMac

It's nice to know that some colleges still value student participation in intercollegiate athletes. Maybe the true student athlete really does exist.

UNC Tar Heels have a JV team that plays many JuCo teams.

[Stat-Man]

Originally Posted by BillyMac

Sarcasm aside. Seriously, do colleges have junior varsity teams? Every once in a while I hear something about such teams.

Originally Posted by ilyazhito

Yes, Division III and NAIA colleges do have junior varsity teams. They may not be frequent, but they do exist.

My alma mater started one a few years ago and roughly half the teams in its conference have one. Going only by what's true in my state, college JV teams seem more prevalent at the D3/NAIA level as ilyazhito stated. That said, there have been some small college teams in New England that have a varsity team and B-level team that functions as JV team and plays some of the even smaller colleges in that region that field sporadic/fledgling teams that lack the talent and resources to compete on an organized level.