NIT 2015: The Thread

[hhcmatt]

http://www.ncaa.com/news/basketball-men/article/2015-02-06/experimental-rules-be-used-during-2015-nit-include-30-second

 

It's an attempt to see what difference it will make in scoring.

They're also going to extend the restricted arc area to 4 feet.

 

 

 

 

[AuroranHusker]

Interesting that Miles already commented on the 'scoring' topic... way too many games in 40's & under. Shoot, there's a lot of football games that both teams score in excess of 40 each! Glad to see that the N.I.T. is willing to experiment for the betterment of the overall college game.

[hhcmatt]

Interesting that Miles already commented on the 'scoring' topic... way too many games in 40's & under. Shoot, there's a lot of football games that both teams score in excess of 40 each! Glad to see that the N.I.T. is willing to experiment for the betterment of the overall college game.

 

They asked him about it during the presser and it was the first time he'd heard it. From his answer it was obvious he'd thought about it before.

[HuskerActuary]

One result of shortening the shot-clock to 30 seconds is going to be more fouls, and ultimately more foul-outs. Games will be lengthened by a bit, too, because of more free throw attempts and dead balls in general.

 

I'm not saying this is a bad move, just laying out some potential negatives.

[AuroranHusker]

 

Interesting that Miles already commented on the 'scoring' topic... way too many games in 40's & under. Shoot, there's a lot of football games that both teams score in excess of 40 each! Glad to see that the N.I.T. is willing to experiment for the betterment of the overall college game.

 

They asked him about it during the presser and it was the first time he'd heard it. From his answer it was obvious he'd thought about it before.

 

 

Good to see that Miles is looking out for the game of college basketball.

[AuroranHusker]

Personally, I believe that the trapezoidal lane would do more for scoring & the fluidity of college basketball than a 5-sec shot clock reduction.

[HuskerFever]

Here's an odd thought... wouldn't reducing the number of commercials and media timeouts help speed up the game?

 

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[Silverbacked1]

The NIT needs to figure out who to really pick for,this tournament. I can't believe how,some of these teams are just mailing it in. Illinios is an embarrassment to the B1G.

[AuroranHusker]

Maybe the Illini are acting similarly to how their arena looks at the moment: demo'd

[hhcmatt]

They just lost by 21 to a team that fired its coach

 

https://twitter.com/Champaign_Room/status/578021081619021824/

[49r]

They trailed by 30 at one point late in the game.

 

Talk about mailing it in.

[49r]

Deadspin:  The One Thing Both Coaches Can Agree Upon: The Ref Sucks

 

During the second half of tonight's NIT game between Iona and Rhode Island, Iona's Kelvin Amayo picked up a technical foul for hanging on the rim while attempting to complete an alley-oop. As the referees huddled to discuss the call—it would stand—the camera cut to Rhode Island coach Dan Hurley. Because we don't have the whole context here we can't be positive, but it sure seems like Hurley is commiserating with Iona coach Tim Cluess about how Jeff Anderson, the bald referee who called the tech on Amayo, sucks.

 

[basketballjones]

Haha that's awesome

[Silverbacked1]

That made me laugh.

[49r]

I suggest following the link, there's a video on that page that shows how bad the call was.

[Silverbacked1]

If do believe if he hadn't hung on he would have landed on his back or head. The second view really showed how he was going to be in trouble if he hadn't hung on.

[bball23]

Whats crazy about when refs will "T" up somebody for hanging on the rim, they won't "T" up guys for dropping non-stop "F-bombs" that you can sometimes even hear on TV.

[hhcmatt]

Deadspin:  The One Thing Both Coaches Can Agree Upon: The Ref Sucks

 

During the second half of tonight's NIT game between Iona and Rhode Island, Iona's Kelvin Amayo picked up a technical foul for hanging on the rim while attempting to complete an alley-oop. As the referees huddled to discuss the call—it would stand—the camera cut to Rhode Island coach Dan Hurley. Because we don't have the whole context here we can't be positive, but it sure seems like Hurley is commiserating with Iona coach Tim Cluess about how Jeff Anderson, the bald referee who called the tech on Amayo, sucks.

 

 

I'm sure refs don't carry grudges. Also, can we get Jeff Anderson as part of the crew calling our game when Rhode Island comes to town next year?

[Huskerpapa]

http://statsheet.com/mcb/referees/jeffrey-anderson/conferences

 

Looks like Mr. Anderson works a lot of games...but none in the Big Ten.