Geno Auriemma's request

[JRutledge]

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

[APG]

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

Eager to find a way to make women's basketball more appealing to TV viewers who insist they don't enjoy watching the sport played below the rim, UConn coach Geno Auriemma proposed a simple solution.
He wants the rims lowered.

Auriemma told the Hartford Courant on Monday that he plans to propose to the NCAA rules committee this spring the idea of lowering baskets about seven inches in women's basketball. The seven-time national championship-winning coach realizes his idea is unlikely to be popular, but he notes it's no different than women's volleyball being played with a lower net or women's softball having shorter base paths than baseball.

"What makes fans not want to watch women's basketball is that some of the players can't shoot and they miss layups and that forces the game to slow down," he told the Hartford Courant on Monday.

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

[Camron Rust]

Originally Posted by JRutledge

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

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.

[Freddy]

Originally Posted by JRutledge

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

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

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.

[JRutledge]

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

[grunewar]

Originally Posted by JRutledge

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.

[PAULK1]

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

[Adam]

Originally Posted by PAULK1

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.

[johnny d]

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.

[26 Year Gap]

Originally Posted by JRutledge

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

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.

[Adam]

Originally Posted by 26 Year Gap

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.

[APG]

Originally Posted by 26 Year Gap

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.

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.

[Lcubed48]

Originally Posted by PAULK1

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

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. :

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by 26 Year Gap

They could always add a 6th player.

Originally Posted by Adam

They could then split the court in two so the poor girls wouldn't get so tired.

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

[Rich]

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