MN will try shot clock

[Camron Rust]

Originally Posted by Jimgolf

This was a state championship game on television. Don't know how many other games had this type of stalemate, but it was like watching the old Yule Log show, only without the Christmas carols.

So, changing a rule to improve 1 game is worth making 50 others worse? For teams that are not able to get something done in 35 seconds to be pushed to launch a shot, any shot, just so they don't run out of time doesn't improve things. HS sports is not (solely) about the championships. It about teaching and experiences too. Some teams that may not compete for the title may gain/learn a lot more for working and being patient. I'm not willing to support forcing every player and every team to be run-n-gun. Some schools just don't have the horses to do that. The game should allow a variety of styles such that a smart, patient, and precise team has a chance to win a game against a team of race horses.

[BayStateRef]

Massachusetts uses a 30-second clock for all high school games. There are shot clock issues every year...but the same can be said for every other aspect of the game that we have to manage. It is absolutely no big deal to officiate a game with the shot clock. It rarely comes into play in a meaningful way....and when it does....we deal with it.

[Mark Dexter]

Some of the New England Prep School leagues use a shot clock (35 seconds for boys, 30 seconds for girls) in certain games.

The main problem I've seen is that there are no written rules for how the shot clock should be handled, so sometimes things get decided on the fly.