SHOT CLOCK

[rebecca]

DO YOU THINK THAT THEY SHOULD EXPERIMENT WITH THE SHOT CLOCK IN THIS YEARS STATE TOURNAMENT FOR THE BOYS?

 

DO YOU THINK THAT IT WOULD HELP OR HURT A TEAM? WHY WOULD IT HELP OR HURT???????????

[krichunaka]

I would be all for it; but I think it should be either 45 seconds or a full minute. There should be some ability to challenge the defense to come out and play.

 

With the shot clock, anyone who wanted to could pack it in, box out and dare you to hit the jumpshot. Just an opinion.

 

Kim

[kmarvelous]

If they were going to experiment with a shot clock it would be wise to do it in games that don't affect your record and espically not in the State tournament.

[dukefanatic]

State tournament time is not the time to experiment with something new. Do it in a pre-season tournament, or Christmas tournament. Not having a shot clock is what makes high school basketball so interesting. It makes teams play with their different styles and learn to adjust to different styles. What is it teaching the kids if we have a shot clock, and another team can just pack it in and challenge you to hit jump shots. That almost completely eliminates the advantage of having a dominant post player.

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No shot clock. Why would you really need it at the highschool level. Especially in the state tourney. The competition should be high enough to keep both teams in a game playing pretty intensely anyway. The tempo of the game should be controlled by the teams and coaches and if some teams cannot deal with that, then maybe the coaching should be re-evaluated.

[themagicrooster]

wont happen!

[TheAnswer9]

I'll just FLAT OUT tell everyone who reads: High School ball doesn't need a shot clock!! Not yesterday, not today, nor tomorrow!! And there you have my opinion!!

[juicyt]

high school basketball does need a shot clock. i cant remember who exactly was playing but i know that one of the teams was Chester Co. this was i believe a region tournament game. oh yea and a girls game.anyways Chester Co. was supposed to be blown out in this game. instead they wound up winning like 6-4. they held the ball the whole game. and jsut the other night while i was watching northside and Fairley play in their suvstate game i remember one possesion that northside had the ball for a good 2 minutes. anyways thats just my opinion.

[themagicrooster]

wow........6 to 4........musta been awfull boring.....give me my money back please!

[XtremeLoco]

O come on it couldnt' have been boring...because the score was 7-4.

[Libertyfan]

As far as a shot clock goes, NO, NO, NO.

 

The low scoring game you were refering to was not a district/regional tournament game. It was between Chester County and McNairy Central.

 

I do not want to see the high school game degenerate into that garbage league they call the NBA. It's hard enough to teach kids the fundamentals these days. The shot clock would just tell them to hurry up and shoot.

 

JUST SAY NO TO THE SHOT CLOCK!

[roundball1]

FRA would not like a shot clock.