NCAA problem

[Ronman]

you want every touch foul called? It will be like the non-conf was 2 years ago. Anyone remember that? Teams were averaging like 40FTA a game. There was zero flow to the game and coaches/players were getting upset. That was not basketball at all.

If you want a FT contest, go the knights of columbus. You want a basketball game, a little contact never hurt anyone. You want the players wrapped in bubble wrap before they go on the court?

If the players are smart, they will adjust. If not, and they continue to grab, hold, slap and push, they will wind up on the bench. Start calling the games correctly at the beginning of the season and then don't revert to ignoring the contact once the conference games begin. They will never eliminate all contact, but ALL teams should be playing by the same rules and that doesn't include some of the physical play that certain teams are allowed to get away with.

Still waiting on the rule that allows slapping the arms of the opposing player.

 

[Hwk-I-St8]

you want every touch foul called? It will be like the non-conf was 2 years ago. Anyone remember that? Teams were averaging like 40FTA a game. There was zero flow to the game and coaches/players were getting upset. That was not basketball at all.

If you want a FT contest, go the knights of columbus. You want a basketball game, a little contact never hurt anyone. You want the players wrapped in bubble wrap before they go on the court?

Since they've let it go so long, there would be an adjustment period while the coaches and players deal with the fact that the rules are being enforced. If they'd stick to their guns for one whole season and make it clear what the new (old) standard is, teams would adjust and we'd be back to a normal amount of fouls called per game. It's exactly this attitude about disrupting the flow that has allowed the game to (d)evolve into the shitshow is is now.

Coaches like Izzo know there's pressure to maintain flow and they use that pressure to their advantage. Dare the refs to blow the whistle 60 times a game. They know the refs won't and that they'll get their way. In addition, coaches like Izzo have enormous sway with the refs to get things called their way even more easily. Throw a few tight end or defensive end sized guys out there and beat the other team into submission. I've seen it too many times to count.

 

[Ronman]

Since they've let it go so long, there would be an adjustment period while the coaches and players deal with the fact that the rules are being enforced. If they'd stick to their guns for one whole season and make it clear what the new (old) standard is, teams would adjust and we'd be back to a normal amount of fouls called per game. It's exactly this attitude about disrupting the flow that has allowed the game to (d)evolve into the shitshow is is now.

Coaches like Izzo know there's pressure to maintain flow and they use that pressure to their advantage. Dare the refs to blow the whistle 60 times a game. They know the refs won't and that they'll get their way. In addition, coaches like Izzo have enormous sway with the refs to get things called their way even more easily. Throw a few tight end or defensive end sized guys out there and beat the other team into submission. I've seen it too many times to count.

It was Izzo that threw so many hissy fits when the crackdown on physical behavior was being enforced. Slowly, but surely, the games began to be called differently.

 

[HoustonREDHawk]

If the players are smart, they will adjust. If not, and they continue to grab, hold, slap and push, they will wind up on the bench. Start calling the games correctly at the beginning of the season and then don't revert to ignoring the contact once the conference games begin. They will never eliminate all contact, but ALL teams should be playing by the same rules and that doesn't include some of the physical play that certain teams are allowed to get away with.

Still waiting on the rule that allows slapping the arms of the opposing player.

This is dead on. No one wants to watch a non-stop free throw shooting contest, but if officials enforced the rules all of the time for all teams, teams like West Virginia and MSU would have to adjust and play by the rules. I think that the grabbing and body checking has improved over the last couple of years, but it still is not called consistently.

 

[J-Prof]

Crean and groce were the worst and look what it got them. I actually saw a player have to push one of them out of the way to avoid dribbling into the defender.

If I'm a coach I might just tell my players to basically run into the opposing coach on purpose. While you're at, bring the coach down. That would force the refs to make the call.