this might be the wrong board, but I find watching the
by kdh325 (2023-03-19 19:34:21)
Edited on 2023-03-19 21:16:01

last two minutes of a basketball game unbearable. It takes 20+ minutes to play the last 2:30 of a game. Holy shit, timeouts every ten seconds, fouls every ten seconds. They should change the rules so that any foul late in the game warrants 3 free throws, or the option to take the ball out of bounds. You know, I know, coaches know that giving up two free throws in order to get a chance for a 3 pointer is a good deal.

Plus the obviousness of some of these fouls is ridiculous. In the last 30 seconds of the Iowa-Georgia women's game, Georgia got hit with what used to be called technical fouls twice. One was a jab to the face and the other one was where Clark was shoved, not once, but twice, and she went down hard. And neither Georgia player was ejected. The games are getting way out of control.


I'd be fine trying an inbounds option after a foul.
by tdiddy07  (2023-03-20 16:05:22)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Reply to Post

However, that could make the end game pretty sloppy. Instead of defenders giving themselves up for telegraphed fouls, inbounds plays will get pretty physical. There is nothing to lose by going hard at the ball and risk fouling. And it will grow more desperate. Those games may become more difficult for officials to manage.


In the men's games, it isn't that uncommon for
by 1978Irish  (2023-03-20 15:40:33)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Reply to Post

the team that is losing to try and foul and have the refs not call a foul. They they have really hit the other player hard to get a call.


The fouling and TO's are fine
by BmoreIrish  (2023-03-20 10:08:09)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Reply to Post

Part of the strategy of the game. But the reviews for clock readjusting and out of bounds calls are interminable. The review for reversing a call needs to have a time limit and perhaps should be done by a centralized location. If it isn't obvious within a minute stick with the call and move on.


What's better than a 2-minute review to add 0:002 seconds? *
by Kayo  (2023-03-20 11:50:24)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Reply to Post


I'd like to see the last 5 min replaced by a "score-to-make"
by BeastOfBourbon  (2023-03-20 10:58:11)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Reply to Post

With 5 minutes left, shut off the game clock, take the current score of whichever team is ahead (or the scores of both teams if tied), add 10 points, and that becomes the "score-to-make." The first team to that number wins. That would eliminate the need for intentional fouls, cut down on timeouts, and determine a winner without ever having to go to overtime.


That would've added about 2 hours to ND's game yesterday *
by NDBass  (2023-03-20 13:16:04)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Reply to Post