NIT experimental rules

[SpiderTrap]

Saw somewhere that said the NIT this year will be expanding the arc under the rim and using a 30 second shot clock instead of 35 as experimental rules.

Anyone think these rules will have an adverse effect on our team?

 

[whampas]

No. Won't change a thing.

 

[fan2011]

Only change will be higher scoring. I am excited to see how it plays out.

 

[SpiderK]

Mooney said yesterday that it will give opponents less time to figure out our defense on each possession.

This post was edited on 3/17 10:01 AM by SpiderK

 

[spiderman]

I'd like to try half pressure with the shorter clock. if you can make a team take 8 seconds to get across half court, and still set up defensively without giving up anything easy, then the offense really doesn't have much time to get going.

 

[SpiderTrap]

Never thought about our defense and how teams will have less time to attack - that is a good point. But the same is true for our offense, which can be stagnant at times. It can be a good or bad thing really. Good - in that maybe the players and coaches think less and just let them make plays with the shorter clock. Bad - if we don;t have anything quickly, could end up being a lot of last second shot clock chucks from three point land.

 

[Eight Legger]

The only way this is going to lead to more scoring is through more fouls being called. Teams already take terrible shots -- now they will have 5 fewer seconds to work with, resulting in every worse shots.

That's not my idea of a better style of play.

This post was edited on 3/17 10:49 AM by Eight Legger

 

[SFspidur]

Chris said in one of the recent decision-making podcasts that he supports a move to 30 seconds, so have to think he believes it would be advantageous for us.

 

[Eight Legger]

I definitely think it benefits us because we can run our offense the same way, but other teams have 5 fewer seconds to combat our defense.

 

[SpiderK]

Running the clock down and ending up with the wrong person taking the shot is frustrating. I noticed also when our crowd starts saying 5 4 3 2 1.. our guys instantly panic. Not sure the countdown is all that helpful.

 

[urfan1]

watching the Miami and GW games right now and all teams seem to be throwing up a lot of 3s

 

[wr70beh]

The only thing I've noticed is all of these games are being played with 1/3 full arenas.

 

[spider fan]

Pitt arena show up the worst because their suites are on the bottom level and the seats in front of the suites are totally empty.

 

[Ulla1]

Arenas for the NCAA tournament are also pretty empty. But hey, the NIT is on ESPN; the NCAA is on TruTV. Ha ha!

 

[fan2011]

Originally posted by Eight Legger:
The only way this is going to lead to more scoring is through more fouls being called. Teams already take terrible shots -- now they will have 5 fewer seconds to work with, resulting in every worse shots.

That's not my idea of a better style of play.

This post was edited on 3/17 10:49 AM by Eight Legger

The past two seasons have been the most efficient in the past 2 decades, maybe even the history of the game. Last season had the 2nd highest FG% in the past 2 decades, teams and players are not taking worse shots than they have historically. Teams are all slowing the game down though, it gives the away team a higher chance to win and in general makes for a more even playing field. This means that despite being more efficient with their scoring, teams are putting up lower scoring totals.

Shorter shot clock means more points.


This post was edited on 3/17 9:56 PM by fan2011

 

[Eight Legger]

The GW-Pitt game seemed to prove my hypothesis.