Anyone know why women's shot clock is only 30 seconds but men's is 35? Also, when did men's games go from quarters to halves --- and why?

Don't know why, but here are some dates:
1954 - Men go to halves
1971 - Women have 30 sec. shot clock
1975 - Women go to halves
1986 - Men have 45 sec. shot clock
1994 - Men have 35 sec. shot clock

I think I remember that when the 45 second clock was introduced as an experiment, it was used for the whole game except the last 4 minutes. I have no idea why it was done that way, but I can distinctly remembering yelling at the TV, "Then what's the point!?!?!" Almost the only time that you ever saw the 4-corner stall was in the last 4 minutes. And that's when they turned off the shot clock. Dumb.

I actually like when the shot clock is turned off at the end. It forces them to actually play defense rather than just wait 35 seconds and hope for a rebound.

Prior to Title IX, women did not play under the auspices of the NCAA. They formed the AIAW in 1972, estalishing their own rules, and using a 30 second shot clock. That didn't change after the NCAA and AIAW merged 1982. It's still used today.

Oh. I thought it was because wimmen were shorter.

Then you don't recall the real impetus for adding it: Dean Smith. He'd sometimes go into four corners in the first half if he had the lead and didn't think his team could keep it. There was a Duke vs. UNC game that 7-5 at the half and final was 21-20. That would be a boring game. I'm sure there were other examples but I don't have the time to search for them.

I think the original idea was that they didn't want the whole game to be a stall game so that there would be something to watch. But, they held onto the idea that a team that earned a lead near the end of the game should not be forced to take action....it was up to the defense to attack the ball.

I like shot clock for entire game. Just because you got a lead doesn't mean we want to watch you drbble pas and cut 40 feet away from the basket. Never liked it, never will.

I don't think there is any way Villanova would have beat Georgetown in 85' with a shot clock.
Then again if the point guard hadn't been pumped up with cocaine they might not have won either.