Maybe then the reason it doesn't work in the last couple minutes of a game is the noise level in the arena usually rises?

That's why the table timer should be getting it killed also.

Well ya, but maybe that's the reason the NCAA didn't spend the money to have the systems installed, since they're unreliable at the most crucial point of the game.

Didn't the most recent controversies surrounding this involve the clock stopping for no apparent reason for periods of time? The timer doing his/her job properly wouldn't prevent that (assuming that PTS was responsible for the strange behavior, which we don't know)

Question for people who have used the PTS.

Can the officials stop the clock on made baskets in the final minute of NCAA games using their belt packs?

Basically what type of buttons or switches are on the belt packs?

I don't think so..there is one button on the bottom of the pack to start the clock.

Serious question---Is the use of PTS the reason it seems "major" NCAA officials are hitting their whistle 2 or 3 or more times on every call? Are they instructed to do that to make sure the PTS picks up the whistle and stops the clock?

Not likely. :rolleyes:

The problem is that isn't true. They're used at every school in the ACC. i can assure you that no NCAA Tourney venue is as loud as Hansbrough Indoor Stadium when Carolina and Duke play. And it works just fine.

PTS is much more reliable than human timers starting and stopping the clock. The first two rounds of the tournament proved that out. As long as the batteries are fresh, there's rarely a problem.

There's one button on the bottom that starts the clock.

The whistle stops the clock.

The timer would have to stop the click in the final minute. No big deal, he does it when PTS isn't used.

I see he's already spending his NBA money on naming rights...

:D

Nope! Having won all four games he played there in his career, he's earned the right to rename it. :D