(05-11-2019 08:40 AM)bullet Wrote:  

(05-11-2019 01:59 AM)Wedge Wrote:  

(05-11-2019 01:53 AM)Stugray2 Wrote:  

(05-11-2019 01:31 AM)Wedge Wrote:  

(05-10-2019 10:08 PM)JRsec Wrote:  No live ball timeouts please. It's too convoluted already.

This proposed change is a very minor change.

Current rule is that the team with possession of the ball, and only the team with possession of the ball, can call a live ball timeout -- e.g., player dribbles up the court, sees that his coach wants a timeout, player asks an official for a timeout. Currently, a live ball timeout can only be called by a player who is on the court. Officials don't recognize a coach asking for a live ball timeout.

The only change here will be that the coach of a team who has possession will now be recognized if he asks for a live ball timeout; he won't have to get one of his players to do it. A team without possession will still not be permitted to call a live ball timeout.

And only in the last tow minutes of the half. So you are probably only going to maybe one more TO called in a typical game.

Right.

The timeout rule change the NCAA should make is one they made in the NBA a few years ago: Each team can only call, at most, two timeouts in the last two minutes of regulation.

And they need to adopt the old NBA rule. After a certain point, the team gets 3 shots to make 2. The hacking at the end of the game is ridiculous. Maybe you do it after 10 fouls or simply 10 fouls if 3 are in the last two minutes.

That could be a good way to keep the last two minutes of the game lasting 20 minutes.