PTS NCAA's

[Nevadaref]

Yep. BktBallRef posted on this topic several times now.

The system is not used because it is not available at all venues and the committee wants all games to be played under similar conditions.

[SAK]

How hard would it be to have the devices at all the games. I would think not too hard as these are major universities hosting the tournament. I would think that the officials have been using the devices all year, this may be the only games that they have not been used for some of the officials.

[BktBallRef]

It goes deeper than that. Forever reason, the NCAA has chosen not to use it. If they can purchase floors and ship them to each Regional site, then they can certainly spend $50000 to have PTS at each site. For whatever reason, they chosen not to use. They haven't used it in years.

[mick]

Originally Posted by BktBallRef

It goes deeper than that. Forever reason, the NCAA has chosen not to use it. If they can purchase floors and ship them to each Regional site, then they can certainly spend $50000 to have PTS at each site. For whatever reason, they chosen not to use. They haven't used it in years.

Floors from the Upper Peninsula ?

Connor Sports Flooring, a company that uses harvested maple from Michigan's Upper Peninsula or northern Wisconsin, does that.

[tjones1]

I spoke to Mike about this issue two years ago.

This was when there were several timing issues during the previous tournament and then a few occurred that year too. He felt that they would finally come around and so did I.

[GoodwillRef]

I think the NCAA has some issues with PTS...it seems to work fine all game until the last minute or so then there are problems.

[bas2456]

Originally Posted by GoodwillRef

I think the NCAA has some issues with PTS...it seems to work fine all game until the last minute or so then there are problems.

I've always wondered how these things work, could someone explain it to me?

[BktBallRef]

Originally Posted by tjones1

I spoke to Mike about this issue two years ago.

This was when there were several timing issues during the previous tournament and then a few occurred that year too. He felt that they would finally come around and so did I.

They haven't yet. Did he say why they weren't using it?

[jdmara]

I was told by an NCAA Women's official that the NCAA questions it's reliability still because of "some specific instances during the regular seasons." I guess they feel there are still come bugs to be worked out with the system. He had not heard the exact situation(s) that let to this opinion though.

-Josh

[tomegun]

I have noticed some of the crews used mechanics similar to the NBA. The lead is counting, but not chopping the clock and the Trail is chopping the clock.

Also, I would be surprised if these officials used PTS in all their games this season no matter how "big time" they are.