Before the shot clock days of college, if you were behind on the scoreboard, you could hold the ball for 60 seconds but then you had to attack the defense. I keep thinking that I remember seeing the referees move out an order the offense to attack. Please tell me I am not dreaming.

 

Correct.

For those of you who continue with the argument about preparing kids for the next level....get over it already!! High school sports are not on the same level due to school size among other things. Additionally, high schools do not have professionals keeping the game clock much less a shot clock. I would assume that high schools coaches would rather win games by any means possible rather than be entertaining. Would you want your team to win 36-35 or lose 88-50?

As a fan, the shot clock is appealing to me. And I agree with you Mcpapa, this has nothing to do with the next level unless you are referring to life as the next level.

 

Basketball (high school) is losing fan interest overall and if it doesn't keep step with the times then it will lose importance as well. Kids are deciding to not play and that is a shame. Keep community involved and the game will thrive. My high school never had a winning record all 4 years I attended but it did pack the house every home game. Now when I walk in a gym and see parents only, that depresses me. Maybe that is why I like the Regions and BOK so much.

As a fan, the shot clock is appealing to me. And I agree with you Mcpapa, this has nothing to do with the next level unless you are referring to life as the next level.

 

Basketball (high school) is losing fan interest overall and if it doesn't keep step with the times then it will lose importance as well. Kids are deciding to not play and that is a shame. Keep community involved and the game will thrive. My high school never had a winning record all 4 years I attended but it did pack the house every home game. Now when I walk in a gym and see parents only, that depresses me. Maybe that is why I like the Regions and BOK so much.

 

 

So, your angle is that it will help maintain the interest of the paying customer and the relevance/importance of the game? I understand your concerns, but I'm not sure that implementing the shot clock is the way to go about it.

 

PS - when I first glanced at your post, I thought you said that the shot clock was appalling. It pays to double-check sometimes.

I have seen it 4 times in Regional games already this week. Not entire games but at the 2 minute mark or whenever a team drops into a zone. I hate the strategy of you can't play that defense because I have the ball and a 2 point lead.

 

 

Strategy!

 

Come out and play them man..............

So, your angle is that it will help maintain the interest of the paying customer and the relevance/importance of the game? I understand your concerns, but I'm not sure that implementing the shot clock is the way to go about it.

 

PS - when I first glanced at your post, I thought you said that the shot clock was appalling. It pays to double-check sometimes.

 

It is not the answer. I just worry about the game itself. There must be a reason NBA and colleges adopted the shot clock. So have most AAU events.

As a fan, the shot clock is appealing to me. And I agree with you Mcpapa, this has nothing to do with the next level unless you are referring to life as the next level.

 

Basketball (high school) is losing fan interest overall and if it doesn't keep step with the times then it will lose importance as well. Kids are deciding to not play and that is a shame. Keep community involved and the game will thrive. My high school never had a winning record all 4 years I attended but it did pack the house every home game. Now when I walk in a gym and see parents only, that depresses me. Maybe that is why I like the Regions and BOK so much.

 

I agree with this statement 100%. But I do not feel it has anything to do with "slow" ball. I think it has to do with:

1. ticket prices. Students should be $1.00 at the door and .50 if purchased at school.

2. X-box, PSP, Playstation, Wii, etc.

3. Lack of school spirit. How many schools have Pep rallies? I have heard that pep rallies take away from the "educational" day, yet when we get our jobs we have team buliding exercises, moral building exercises, etc. hence PEP RALLIES for the adult.

On my way to the BOK.....look forward to this later on. Dang I love this sport.

 

And your right Mcray.

It is not the answer. I just worry about the game itself. There must be a reason NBA and colleges adopted the shot clock. So have most AAU events.

 

One of the reasons is that the disparity in talent is not as large at the next levels. You don't hear the term "parity" much in high school conversations.

It is not the answer. I just worry about the game itself. There must be a reason NBA and colleges adopted the shot clock. So have most AAU events.

 

1. NBA is all about the show. It is not defense, it is OFFENSE! It is about selling those $250.00-$500.00 seats. I got to go to a Wizards game last year and my ticket was $214.00 (I did not have to pay).

2. To a point the college game is the same. College budgets need sold out arenas.

3. High schools need community support no matter what the local team has talent wise. It is still part of the community. It is LOCAL student athletes doing the best they can. Support them and fill these gyms.

I guess the gist of what I was trying to say is that the shot clock diminishes the value of attributes such as ball-handling, shot selection, decision-making - in a nutshell, intelligence. Not that size and leaping ability shouldn't be an integral part of the game, but anything we can do to continue to emphasize plain old basketball intelligence helps the game.

As much as I like a high scoring affair in basketball I say no way!!!!! This is not the NBA nor do I want it to resemble the NBA. We don't need parity in high school. There is no way that some teams could compete with others with a clock.

Maybe they just shorten the quarters to 2 min., or better yet just have a coin toss. That way every school has a chance to say they are the best in the state. Honestly if I'm one of the smaller Class A teems, and get up on, say Holmes by 8 plus or minus in the 3rd by some fluke, I'll try to end the game there (run out the clock).That way the worst(talent) can beat the best. ie coin toss. A 45 second clock could get each teem about 20 posesstions per game. What you do with them is up to your SKILL level.Maybe time of posestion should be kept to see who wins the game.

At least I'm not out on this limb alone!

 

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/161329-no-shot-clock-in-high-school-basketball

 

http://www.southtownstar.com/sports/disabato/2068967,022510sptdisabato.article

 

http://www.mysanantonio.com/sports/Does_high_school_basketball_need_a_shot_clock.html

Watch the Franklin County final replay versus HC...do you think the refs. could get it right anyway? (ok I'm over it.) Other than that, I like the idea...played a tournament last year in New York with a shot clock. It seldom came into play, but it did prevent "stall ball" which most of us would agree is pretty boring.