Let 'em Play!!!

[ItSucksToBeACSURam]

Jesus this ticky tack officiating has got to go!

[BeaverPoke]

f-word unreal.

Can't even breathe on the guy!

[wyokoke]

Absolutely ridiculous, I'm worried its gonna be like that all year too

[spindoctor02]

It's what happens when you make a rule, then don't enforce it for multiple seasons, then decide to start enforcing it. They are going to make those calls all season, so the players better adapt, and do it quickly.

[Adv8RU12]

It's what happens when you make a rule, then don't enforce it for multiple seasons, then decide to start enforcing it. They are going to make those calls all season, so the players better adapt, and do it quickly.

The Wall Street Journal sort of likes the new rules:

http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB2 ... 1961570988" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[Adv8RU12]

Whoops... looks like you might have to subscribe to read this. Will see about posting the entire article.

[Adv8RU12]

Try listing entire WSJ article:



Updated Nov. 20, 2013 11:45 p.m. ETCollege basketball is already seeing the effects of the sport's newly emphasized rules that prohibit handsy defense. Points per game are up 9.2% this season and possessions per game 6.8% from last season, according to KPI Competition Analytics, partly a result of 3 more fouls per game and 4.4 more free throws per game. The goal of these changes was to create a smoother game that resembles basketball more than highflying sumo wrestling—in other words, to make college basketball more watchable.

So here's the most fascinating outcome so far: All of these whistles haven't made the games longer.

As it turns out, games with college basketball's top teams have been four minutes shorter this year than they were last year, a Wall Street Journal analysis of ESPN broadcasts found. The average length of the 36 games with at least one top-25 team in ESPN's digital archive through Sunday was 1 hour 41 minutes and 54 seconds. In a sample of 20 games from last season with top-25 teams, the average time was 1:45.57.

Granted, the season is still young. Most games that top-25 teams play at this point wind up as blowouts. The second halves will be tighter come conference play, and referees will waste more time at the monitor reviewing foul calls.

But the initial upticks in scoring and pace come at a time when the game needed some sprucing. College basketball's pace had slowed over the last decade down to 65.8 possessions per game last season from 68.4 possessions in 2003, according to the statistics website kenpom.com. In the tiny sample size of this season, there has been an average of 69.5 possessions per game—the most in at least a decade.

—Ben Cohen

[stymeman]

it'll stay until the big boys get beat come tourney time then they'll relook at it

[BeaverPoke]

it'll stay until the big boys get beat come tourney time then they'll relook at it

You mean it'll stay until Tuesday after a big boy gets beat Monday night in Columbus?

[CowboyNV]

it'll stay until the big boys get beat come tourney time then they'll relook at it

You mean it'll stay until Tuesday after a big boy gets beat Monday night in Columbus?

Man, that would be epic Beav.......