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Some of the biggest changes to the men’s college basketball game just became official according to the NCAA’s March Madness Twitter account:
OFFICIAL! 30-sec shot clock, 4-foot arc, reduction in time outs among changes coming to men’s basketball next season. pic.twitter.com/qgLqt0BS6D
— NCAA March Madness (@marchmadness) June 8, 2015
The biggest change, the 30-second shot clock will make the most notable difference. Other changes include fewer TOs and the restricted area arc moves to four feet instead of three.
The full release from the NCAA can be found here.
Many hope these game changers will pick up the pace of the game, which would lead to an increase in scoring attempts, active plays and frustration from teams that aren’t quick enough.
Here’s comes the NCAA 30-second shot clock. My analysis has scoring increasing by around 9.9% vs the 35-second shot clock.
— Christopher D. Long (@octonion) June 8, 2015
With this new 30 sec shot clock next season, I see a lot of shot clock violations from players not used to having 5 less seconds — Wil (@WilHoppe) June 8, 2015
Common thought among college coaches: teams that rely on zone defense will thrive with 30-sec shot clock. Harder to probe zone w less time.
— Jon Rothstein (@JonRothstein) June 1, 2015
Even more notable (yet, less newsworthy), women’s college basketball will go from the traditional two 20-minute halves to four 10-minute quarters. If that works out, the men’s teams might follow suit. But let’s not get ahead of ourselves.
