Changing the bonus from shooting to an option

[Stat-Man]

Originally Posted by jer166

I believe the NCAA tinkered with this a few years back in some of the pre season tournaments. I don't know what happened, but it hasn't resurfaced at that level.

Jer166:

This was an experimental NCAA rule in the past; I forget the exact year. But since I never heard anything after that year, I can only assume it was not very a warmly received experiment.

[Adam]

I still don't see why so many hate the idea of late game strategic fouls. Normally, at most, you'll see maybe 2 or 3 before one of three things happens.

1. It works, and the score gets tied.
2. The shooting team makes their shots and the lead gets so out of reach the trailing team doesn't bother.
3. The lead doesn't really change significantly, but the time continues to run off the clock, leading to the same result as #2.

I just don't understand why some see this is a problem.

[Nevadaref]

The problem is that the introduction of the 3pt shot changed the situation dramatically. Before then it was not possible for a team to get more points on their possession than their opponents, if the opponents made their FTs. Now you can trade 2 for 3.