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[Freddy]

Originally Posted by CoachP

Michigan adopted running clock at a 40 point spread anywhere in the game. Normal clock if losing team gets within 30.

In our area of the state, clever coaches will often keep the gap below 40 so as to get the full 32 minutes of playing time for his/her team. This seems especially common for sub-level teams where the coach may have an over abundance of bench that he'd like to see receive some playing time. The 18th player doesn't get to experience much if there's a running clock, or so the philosophy seems to go.

[CMHCoachNRef]

Originally Posted by Freddy

In our area of the state, clever coaches will often keep the gap below 40 so as to get the full 32 minutes of playing time for his/her team. This seems especially common for sub-level teams where the coach may have an over abundance of bench that he'd like to see receive some playing time. The 18th player doesn't get to experience much if there's a running clock, or so the philosophy seems to go.

This would also be a reasonable (in my opinion) reason for not agreeing to a running clock situation.