If I ruled the (HS basketball) world.......

[Mark Padgett]

Originally posted by mplagrow


On the other hand, if you've got no shot clock, this penalty can keep the game moving when a team is trying to stall.

Uh-uh. If a team is "stalling" the clock still runs. If you continue to call violations because someone is standing within six feet of a dribbler, the clock stops.

That's one of the reasons I think the five (not on the inbound) and ten second violations should not apply in games with a shot clock.

If you have a 30 second shot clock, what the heck difference does it make if you spend 9 seconds in the back court and 20 in the front court before a shot, or if you spend 20 seconds in the back court and 9 in the front court? With the defense allowed to play full court, it shouldn't matter.

If your goal is to "force the action", then put in a twenty second shot clock.

[Edited by mark padgett on May 21st, 2005 at 07:57 PM]