Mark Cuban Blasts NCAA Basketball

[JRutledge]

But when you listen to people that watch the NBA, they consider it a wrestling match. And I certainly do not see it as any less physical than NCAA basketball.

Mike Greenberg has the last few weeks went on and on about how the game had too many whistles and said that had to change. Now they get a game with fewer whistles and everyone is complaining. And he has been one of the biggest

Jemelle Hill was a huge advocate for changing the block-charge play with an airborne shooter. The very next year the NCAA change the rule and had to change back the following year because of the mess that rule (advocated by many media members on ESPN and CBS) changed back to the rule.

Now we have these critics trying to change the game again, thinking that things like opening the lane or moving the 3 point line or calling more fouls or shortening the shot clock are all going to help the game. The main point I am making, is we have been down this road before. Let us not fall for the okey doke again.

Peace

[APG]

You're right in that there's a lot of noise from the media, (especially the stat showing the lowest scoring season in 60 years) but it's not just the critics saying this...you have coaches (who make the rules) saying some of this. But then like I said, the instance that some of the initiatives are put in...then implemented, the coaches complain...it's changed back...then you're back at square one.

If any of these rules changes are going to be implemented, they need to commit to them, and not change back after a year. For instance, changing the block/charge from airborne to upward movement...is a big change. Coaches shouldn't have expected it to be great after one year of implementing...but I have no doubt that after 2-3 years of adjusting to that standard and all that come with that 2-3 years (including breaking down tape...adjusting...implementing...then reassessing)...that the officials would more and more plays correct.

My point in all this is that it does these coaches no good to complain...then complain when these rules are implemented...then change back to what they were doing before...which in turn returns them to the issue they were complaining about before.

And if I were a betting man, I would say that you're going to see changes in the name of increasing scoring soon...you're going to see the shot clock to 30...you're going to see the RA put at 4 feet...I'd also bet you'll see the block/charge set back to match the NBA rule in the near future.

[JRutledge]

These rules could change and still not change the scoring. Players are too one dimensional. You will not have scoring go up if guys cannot make FTs or cannot shoot something other than a dunk or a 3 point shot.

I saw a kid this year in a high school game that consistently shot a mid-range jumper as a guard. He would drive hard to the basket and pull up for a wide open 10 to 15 foot shot. I was so amazed by this kid who was a freshman I even said something to the coaches about teaching that aspect of the game to him. They did not take credit for it and said that he did that mostly on his own, but they did not discourage him.

And coaches have to stop micro managing every game. Let there plays play without every possession having a play called or some kind of set being run. How about let the players make some decisions more than they do now.

Scoring is a lot more than rules changes. If you reduce the shot clock to 30, is not going to make someone be able to take a better shot or make better decisions. They still have to develop players to score more or to diversify their games.

Peace

[APG]

Originally Posted by JRutledge

And coaches have to stop micro managing every game. Let there plays play without every possession having a play called or some kind of set being run. How about let the players make some decisions more than they do now.

Scoring is a lot more than rules changes. If you reduce the shot clock to 30, is not going to make someone be able to take a better shot or make better decisions. They still have to develop players to score more or to diversify their games.

Peace

I agree with the micromanaging...which will be the last thing to change with the majority of coaches.