bodyarmor

I just went through this thread and read every post. Let me throw this info out for the sake of discussion. I have run the shot clock for a D-I and D-II university for the last 29 years. I have run the shot clock for college conference tournaments along with various rounds of the NCAA tournament for both men and women. I have also done PA and/or clock/scoreboard for high school for the last 33 years. I feel like I can address the "high school shot clock" question pretty clearly. I don't think a shot clock in high school is feasible (if it were mandated by the KHSAA) for the following reasons: 1) Every high school in the state would have to install a system of one type or another; some schools could afford it, others could not. 2) The shot clock would need to be run for every freshman, JV, and varsity game for both boys and girls. 3) You would have to have trained individuals available on a consistent basis to run the shot clock for every game. I don't envision that many people being available or interested enough to perform that job. Sometimes I get screamed at by coaches/fans just as much as the refs do. 4) Some folks have mentioned letting the clock operator also run the shot clock. I can tell you from experience there is NO WAY that would work. The game clock and the shot clock are entirely two different animals. The game clock operates on whistles while the shot clock is ENTIRELY on the operator's (and the refs in college) judgement (think about that, 4 different angles on every reset of the shot clock). I read an article several years back where a study had been done on shot clocks and they stated that the shot clock operator in the average D-I, D-II, and D-III game made around 200-250 decisions while running the clock. I thought at the time that that number sounded kind of high but as I went through that season I thought about it and now I would say that number is pretty accurate. Can you imagine someone trying to run the game clock at the same time they're running a shot clock? I think there would be a huge number of mistakes made on one clock or the other, if not both. It would slow the game down to correct errors and make it just as boring as watching the stall game, not to mention upsetting most of the fans. I could go on, but hope this sheds some light on a very interesting discussion. As an old guy who has worked many seasons of boys/girls high school and mens/womens NCAAs I would vote 100% to not have the shot clock added to high school ball. I'd be interested to hear a lot more discussion about this subject. Enjoy the upcoming NCAAs!

There was an article in the Courier this morning??? Not in my paper.

Ok, I get it now. Your handle is Kentuckywildcat#1 and you're using John Higgins as an example. This wouldn't relate back to the UK-UNC game from the NCAA tournament last March where the UK faithful lost their minds over Higgins' working the game, would it? Along with death threats and other assorted nonsense from the UK fans. This thread just became much clearer, thank you very much.

What is this CJ that you speak of??? Oh, you mean our "one great newspaper" of the past?