Shot Clock Reset

[twocentsworth]

Originally Posted by AllPurposeGamer

NBA: Anytime the ball hits the rim of the team in possession of the ball, the shot clock resets

NCAA: I believe it has to be a try.

correct. in NCAA-M, if a pass/deflected ball hits the rim, by rule, the shot clock does not reset. (that's a rule that should be changed btw....)

[rockyroad]

Originally Posted by twocentsworth

correct. in NCAA-M, if a pass/deflected ball hits the rim, by rule, the shot clock does not reset. (that's a rule that should be changed btw....)

Just wondering why you think that rule should be changed???

Do you think that a pass that is deflected by the defense and hits the rim and is grabbed by the offense again should somehow reward the offense by giving them more time? I don't get what you are thinking here...

[twocentsworth]

Originally Posted by rockyroad

Just wondering why you think that rule should be changed???

Do you think that a pass that is deflected by the defense and hits the rim and is grabbed by the offense again should somehow reward the offense by giving them more time? I don't get what you are thinking here...

it should be changed for two reasons:

1) we are relying on the judgement (and rules knowledge) of the shot clock operator to determine what is and is not a shot. (that usually doesn't work so well and causes more problems than we all would like). the shot clock operator should only have to decide: "did the ball hit the rim or not" rather than "did it hit the rim or not?...it did? was that a legal shot or something else?"

2) when the ball hits the rim and is erroneously reset, one of two things happen: a) the officials do not notice and we continue playing (so we're not really following the rule anyway), or b) the officials have to stop the game (thereby taking a scoring opportunity out of the hands of the offensive team), figure out what time "should" be on the clock (usually the table and game officials do not know exactly), and then we've got to restart the game (w/ a small amount of time left on the shot clock) and now we have the coaches yelling at the table personnel (as well as us).......

there's a simple, logical fix: ball hits the rim = shot clock gets reset. i would prefer that the shot clock operator only have to decide: "did the ball hit the rim or not?" rather than also have to decide: "by rule, was that a legal shot or something else?"

the NCAA rule book is 2-3 times thicker than the NBA rule book. it needs to be simplified and this is one rule that can easily be changed.

[rockyroad]

Interesting points...a couple of questions:

1) Do you really believe that the average basketball fan can't tell the difference between a pass and a shot attempt? What about the average shot clock operator?

2) How many times per game (your games, games you watch, etc) does the shot clock get reset incorrectly?

It just doesn't seem to me that this is really that big of a problem. And - again - your proposal will "reward" the offense with a reset when they haven't really "earned" it.

What do others on the forum think?

[JetMetFan]

Originally Posted by twocentsworth

it should be changed for two reasons:

1) we are relying on the judgement (and rules knowledge) of the shot clock operator to determine what is and is not a shot. (that usually doesn't work so well and causes more problems than we all would like). the shot clock operator should only have to decide: "did the ball hit the rim or not" rather than "did it hit the rim or not?...it did? was that a legal shot or something else?"

2) when the ball hits the rim and is erroneously reset, one of two things happen: a) the officials do not notice and we continue playing (so we're not really following the rule anyway), or b) the officials have to stop the game (thereby taking a scoring opportunity out of the hands of the offensive team), figure out what time "should" be on the clock (usually the table and game officials do not know exactly), and then we've got to restart the game (w/ a small amount of time left on the shot clock) and now we have the coaches yelling at the table personnel (as well as us).......

there's a simple, logical fix: ball hits the rim = shot clock gets reset. i would prefer that the shot clock operator only have to decide: "did the ball hit the rim or not?" rather than also have to decide: "by rule, was that a legal shot or something else?"

the NCAA rule book is 2-3 times thicker than the NBA rule book. it needs to be simplified and this is one rule that can easily be changed.

As a general rule a shot isn't a mystery. If everyone in the gym thinks it was a shot when the ball went up, 99.5% of the time it probably was.

As someone who works with a shot-clock in a lot of high school games - I counted 19 this season - trust me on this, I notice when there's a screw-up on a reset. I don't think the offense loses a scoring opportunity if I stop to correct the time. If they throw up an airball and get the rebound but the clock is reset incorrectly and I stop the game the offense just gets the time it should've had in the first place...whether it's 20 seconds or two seconds.

[APG]

I think the NBA rule leaves more consistency and is the better of the two rules...but in practice, 99/100 plays are adjudicated the same way.

[twocentsworth]

Originally Posted by JetMetFan

As a general rule a shot isn't a mystery. If everyone in the gym thinks it was a shot when the ball went up, 99.5% of the time it probably was.

As someone who works with a shot-clock in a lot of high school games - I counted 19 this season - trust me on this, I notice when there's a screw-up on a reset. I don't think the offense loses a scoring opportunity if I stop to correct the time. If they throw up an airball and get the rebound but the clock is reset incorrectly and I stop the game the offense just gets the time it should've had in the first place...whether it's 20 seconds or two seconds.

essentially, the resolution to the shot clock isssue (during the game/during the play) is worse than the simple change of the rule.