Time Outs
 

In HS, the time outs are 3 60 sec. & 2 30 sec., in NCAA, the time outs are 4 30 sec. & 1 60 sec. or 4 75 sec. & 2 30 sec. (depending on with or without media).

Any ideas why the differences?

In high school, they play 32 minutes divided into 4 quarters. In college, it's 40 minutes divided into 2 halves.
In high school, the three point line is 19'9". It's different in college.
In high school, a non-contact technical foul is punished by two shots and the ball. In college, it's POI.
In high school, the basket does not count if an airborne shooter commits a foul after releasing the shot. In college, it counts.
In high school, the shot clock is a state issue. In college, it is mandatory.
In high school, the coach has to sit after he or his bench get a technical foul. In college, that's not the case.

Why? Different people are in charge.

I thought there were a few states that used college timing rules.

I knew about the 3-pt. difference.

I was just curious why the difference in time outs & length of.

By unapproved state-adoption, I believe. I know Minnesota does, but they play 18 minute halves, I believe.

I just see it as one of many differences; probably because they figure college coaches should need less time.

Rhey why does each team in a college game get 120 seconds more timeout time than in a high school game?

Misty Watercolor Memories Of The Way We Were ...
 

Before many of you were born, this used to be a NFHS rule. Basket counts on one end, and if in the bonus, we're shooting free throws down the other end. Neither coach had a lot to complain about.

Sorry, I was going on the 4 30s and 1 60 scenario; that's probably media. I was speculating anyway. If I cared more, I'd probably take the time to find out.

When Summer breaks out and everybody and his dog is putting on a camp, the first question you have to ask when you arrive on site is, "What are the camp rules?". In my experience, the most frequently altered rules involve: time outs, length of periods, and when to stop the clock. IOW, when left to their own devices just about every human on the planet will change the time out and timing rules to suit their own tastes. In reality, we should be more surprised that the NFHS and NCAA time out rules aren't more different than they are. :)

College gets 120 seconds extra timeout time but they lose 120 seconds of time as there is no break after the 1st and 3rd quarters. So basically teams get to go to their bench and talk for the exact same amount of time.

As someone who remembers shooting those 1-and-1 free throws after the basket counted, that made me feel old . . . (but there was a lot less happiness by the defense when the basket counted and it wasn't bonus yet . . .)