NCAA Mens Kick Ball Rule Clarification Needed

[bob jenkins]

Originally Posted by mtbabo

When the shot clock reads, "15", it could be "15.0 - 15.9". Once the clocks hits "14", it could be "14.0 - 14.9". Therefore when the clock is at "15" and there is a kicked ball, the clock is not reset to "15". The team could actually be losing "tenths" of a second, if the shot clock were to be reset when it was at "15".

Not true. Shot clocks work differently than (most) game clocks. The shot clock will remain at 30 or 35 for one full second, then go to 29 or 34. So, the time remaining is always equal to or less than the time displayed. As soon as the clock hits zero, the horm sounds.

The game clock (most game clocks) will immediately go to 19:59 when started; the time remaining is always equal to or greater than the time displayed; the clock will remain at 0:00 for one second before the horn sounds.

[Lotto]

I have never seen a shot clock that shows tenths or hundredths of a second.

This discussion is why the rule was changed from last year to this year. In the 2006 NCAA rules, one was supposed to reset to 15 when there were 15 seconds or less on the shot clock when the kicked ball occurred. Most shot clocks read 30 when there's 29.1-30 seconds left, then change to 29 at 29 seconds left, and so on. (Why? You wouldn't want the clock to say 0 before time expired!) This caused people to wonder what to do when the shot clock said 15 with a kicked ball violation, since in most cases, there would be less than 15 seconds left. The NCAA does not want a reset in this case, so they changed the rule this year to specify a reset with 14 or less on the shot clock, and no reset with 15 or more.

[bob jenkins]

Originally Posted by Lotto

I have never seen a shot clock that shows tenths or hundredths of a second.

This discussion is why the rule was changed from last year to this year. In the 2006 NCAA rules, one was supposed to reset to 15 when there were 15 seconds or less on the shot clock when the kicked ball occurred. Most shot clocks read 30 when there's 29.1-30 seconds left, then change to 29 at 29 seconds left, and so on. (Why? You wouldn't want the clock to say 0 before time expired!) This caused people to wonder what to do when the shot clock said 15 with a kicked ball violation, since in most cases, there would be less than 15 seconds left. The NCAA does not want a reset in this case, so they changed the rule this year to specify a reset with 14 or less on the shot clock, and no reset with 15 or more.

I agree -- but the "correct" way to do this is to reset it to 15 if the clock shows 15 or less (not the current rule of resetting it when the clock shows 14 or less).

I also disagree with the OP that there's a "big difference" between 14.1 and 14.9. That's plenty of time to adjust to whatever happens as it ticks down, and nobody has a play that tkaes between 14 and 15 seconds to run ("If the clock is at 14.1, we'll run Iowa; if it's at 14.9, we'll run Texas")