watching the sec officiating tonight on the sec and espn 2 network both teams have been in the double bonus with 5 minutes in the half.
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I recall one SEC game last season where a team was in the double bonus with 13-14 minutes to go in the half.
The officiating seems to get worse every season. It’s one of the reasons for the steep decline in the interest in college basketball. It’s getting to be unwatchable.
I think we can count on Oscar being called for 2 early first half fouls in every sec game.
Watching the non-con schedule has clouded your memory. It's like this EVERY YEAR in the SEC. Unbearable.
Yep just like Duke shooting FTs 40-13 against GT the other night.
No one wants to watch tat crap. FIFTY THREE FTs in a game is unwatchable.
I agree. Watching a FT shooting contest in not the reason fans turn on a game.
I would like to see a rule change - - I think it was Al McGuire that proposed it several years ago. The rule would be that the fouled team has the the option on any foul (except an "and 1" or a technical foul) to forego the foul shots and take the ball out of bounds instead. So, once a team reached the bonus or double bonus, the team could elect to inbound the ball instead of shooting FTs each time a foul is called.
That means, for example, if one of your poorer FT shooters gets fouled, you may opt to take the ball out of bounds rather than have that player shoot a 1+1 or a 2 shot foul. Conversely, if one of your better FT shooters gets fouled, you may want to elect to shoot.
One negative of the rule is that if a team is down by 3 points late, the other team can't keep them from shooting a 3 by fouling and putting the team on the line. The team fouled could simply elect to take the ball out of bounds and try to get a 3.
This rule may cut down a bunch of FTs and keep the flow of the game going.
College basketball is an unwatchable sport, mainly due to officiating. No idea how you all do it.
I don’t like teams being able to foul in that situation to begin with (in order to keep the opposing team from shooting a three). Nor do I like being able to repeatedly foul near the end of a game when you’re down. Why? Because those types of fouls are clearly intentional and should be treated as such. But they never have been treated as such.
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College basketball officiating as a whole has been getting worse and worse for years.