Originally Posted by Snaqwells (Post 834508)

That's not what he's saying. He's saying to call the area under the basket just like any other area on the court. If the officials had called the proper charges under the old rules, the effect (fewer crashes under the glass) would have been the same.

Originally Posted by JetMetFan (Post 834510)

Sorry. Misread it. :(

At any rate, the rules people (coaches) usually put stuff like this in because they feel we've been inconsistent. This takes away the officials' thought process for the most part.

Originally Posted by Camron Rust (Post 834505)

A far easier change would have been to have official call the charge that happened under the basket rather than require a new marking and rule. Had they done so, the offensive players would have stopped flying in even after they saw a defender standing there. It would have fixed the "safety" problem just the same and could have been done so without a rule change. However, while they may have stated it was about safety, it was about opening up the basket area just as much.

Originally Posted by JRutledge (Post 834524)

The safety part is so that they will stop allowing defenders to cheaply get contact and either have nothing called or prevent players from being willing to go hard to the basket. Of course the safety part was to open up the basket area. And I see players all the time get out of the way in order not to get a silly foul. I think the rule accomplished what they wanted it to.

Peace

Originally Posted by Camron Rust (Post 834607)

I just don't get how anyone thinks that blocking an offensive player's path to where they want to shoot the ball is a cheap foul. That, to me, is the fundamental meaning of defense. If the offense chooses to continue through that spot anyway, they should be held responsible.

Of course, the NCAA (and NBA) redefined a basic fundamental of the game more to open up scoring under the guise of safety (regardless of what they say) instead of having officials call the rules that were in place which would have equally (perhaps more even more so) affected safety. I call it that way in an NCAA game, but it doesn't mean I have to like it.

Originally Posted by tmagan (Post 834564)

Originally Posted by chseagle (Post 835172)

A review like this is rarely seen.

Originally Posted by tmagan (Post 835175)

I saw Pat Driscoll doing exactly this during last years tournament. And if the ball went through the bottom of the net at 1:01 and the clock runs under a minute and if you stop the clock for a review and you determine the clock should still run since the ball went through the bottom of the net at 1:01, you can't take any extra time off the clock.

Originally Posted by chseagle (Post 835176)

The under minute rule is good game management & having competent table officials that know what exactly to look for. In this case, as well, it's better to pre-game with partners & table what is to be expected & any variances/oddities that could happen.

Originally Posted by Nevadaref (Post 835180)

Why pregame the timing rules with the timer? He/she should already know them as part of being assigned that job.

Originally Posted by Snaqwells (Post 835207)

Especially at the collegiate level.

Originally Posted by Nevadaref (Post 835180)

Why pregame the timing rules with the timer? He/she should already know them as part of being assigned that job.

Originally Posted by chseagle (Post 835247)

Not always at the Collegiate Level, do you get a table crew that fully knows the rules (example: the local community college uses NCAA rules & for the regular season games they use a couple of female students that only barely know the basics).



See example above.

Also at the Community College tournament, we almost had a blarge because of the under minute timing rule, thankfully the table pregamed and the timer, scorer, & shot clock were in constant communication with each other throughout the game. However right before the final minute started, shot went in & the timer stopped the clock with 1:00.95 left in the game, thankfully the clock was started back up immediately (very fast paced Mens game) & neither the coaches nor floor officials noticed.

Originally Posted by berserkBBK (Post 835251)

How does the time affect a block/charge call?