Geno Auriemma's request
 

Coach of UConn made a request to change the women's rules to lower the rim.

Do any of you think this is a good change or a horrible suggestion in the first place.

Peace

Yahoo! Sports: Geno Auriemma’s Proposal
 

Would Geno Auriemma/s proposal for lower rims in women's hoops lead to higher interest? | The Dagger: College Basketball Blog - Yahoo! Sports

*Merged my thread with Rut's since we made them at about the same time*

Completely impractical.

Most gyms, even at the smaller NCAA schools, would have to be refit to have rims that could be lowered. Only the biggest schools/venues probably have adjustable systems of the quality required by NCAA standards.

Then, by extension, you'd want to change the HS height to match so that players at the HS level would play on the same level as they would in college. And THAT is not going to happen.

In addition to all of the facilities issues, it would only help a few top teams that get the biggest/tallest players. I think it would hurt Women's basketball overall as it would create a bigger divide between the top teams and the rest.


The 10' rim works fine for even thousands of men's college players who don't typically dunk. It isn't particularly harder for a 5'6" guard to shoot a jumpshot into a 10' rim that it would be into a 9' rim or compared to a 6'0" guard doing the same.

No More Nights Off
 

Great. After this bleeds down to the Fed, we'll need to watch for BI and GT for girls' games. :eek:

QUESTION: Have any of you ever called a BI or GT in any high school girls' game? It would be interesting to hear about if you have. At least to me.

OK, let us take away the cost factor. I know that would be an issue and probably the main reason it would not happen anytime soon.

What if they could do this tomorrow? Would this be something you would be for and if so why? If not why?

Peace

I'm not sure I'd care. I get to the gym and call the game. So what?

In the HS GV games I've done no one comes close to the rim. BI and GT are not an issue and I don't anticipate lowering the basket would change that.

Would they shoot better? I have no idea.

Will it change the talent and athleticism on the floor. Nope.

Hitting from the red tees still hasn't improved the "watchability" of womens golf.

I'm with grunewar, I don't think I'd notice. It might make UConn games marginally more exciting, for three to five plays per game, but that wouldn't be worth such a drastic move.

dont watch women's basketball, probably never will other than the new lingerie league, so no it doesnt matter to me what height they put the rim at.

I think he wants attention. Can you imagine the filtering down to HS and the expense of having two different heights needed for rims? They already have a smaller basketball. They could always add a 6th player.

Good idea, they could then split the court in two so the poor girls wouldn't get so tired.

For one, I don't think Geno Auriemma is concerned about the costs for high school. Second, JRut said assume that cost/logistics isn't an issue.

And hitting from the senior tees hasn't helped my golf game any. I just miss hit the ball with a different club. My power fade (or the 2 fairway slice) still rears its ugly head. :

Fire Up The Flux Capacitor ...
 

Back to the future? Didn't high school girls in a Midwest state fight to do away with this many years ago?

I think the subject is getting all the mocking it deserves.