If you could change one thing

[TheSultan]

I agree with the jump ball and the ten second comments. I would change the five second dribbling rule. I liked how they called it the old way. Now, it's too easy to get separation and resetting that five seconds.

I like the "pick up" rule that defense gets the tied up ball. Honestly, I don't know why it hasn't been implemented.

[MUMac]

What do you mean by secondary defender? Is that the help defense? So, if a guy's defender is beaten, then that help defender can't draw a charge?

Secondary defender was the term used for the dotted semi-circle under the hoop. So, yes, it would be the help defender.

[Markedman]

When a foul is committed in the half court only resetting the shot clock to 25 seconds instead of 35 since you don't need the 10 seconds to bring it accross half court and get into your offense.

[Mucrisco]

Secondary defender was the term used for the dotted semi-circle under the hoop. So, yes, it would be the help defender.

So, if the on the ball defender is beat, the only way to stop him is to get a steal or block their shot? When I coach my guys, I tell them to create contact on their drives. Run a guy over if you have to. They hardly ever call a charge. If a guy takes a charge, good for that guy. At least, we are being aggressive. With the way you want it, if you don't even give the defense a chance to draw a charge, I tell my guys to run them over, every single time. Why stop your dribble when it's for sure going to be a defensive foul, even if he has position. In my opinion that is either going to cause more violent collisions, or there will be matador defense, because they defense has to get out of the way, or he will be called for a foul. Our girl's team also brings out the football blocking pads, because they are taught to create contact. I'm surprised the rule was called that way, back in the day, because that is really unfair to the defense. Now, good defense is playing with your feet, using full body help, and building a wall to kill the dribble. Playing with your hands is lazy defense. If you take away the charging rule, playing defense with your feet is no longer good defense, because when you come and help, you are going to get a foul called on you, and you will be sitting on the bench with too many fouls. So, you have to gamble and go for steals and blocks. No wonder why they didn't play defense, back in the day.

[MUfan12]

I'd love for them to adopt the NBA rules for media timeouts. If a team takes a TO in the window, that should count as the media timeout.

[MKE_GoldenEagleFan]

I say reduce the number of timeouts per side, that will increase the pace of the game a bit more, as well as shorten the shot clock down from 35 secs to maybe 25-30... Doesn't have to go all the way down to the NBA 24 but some of these games where teams aren't breaking 50 is tough to watch... Create a few more possessions and let them go at it.

[Alan Bykowski, "brewcity77"]

I like the shot clock where it's at. I feel like college ball has more options for strategy than the NBA, where much of it (though not all) is simply the team with the best players wins. The Princeton offense or Bo Ryan's style may not be as appealing on the eyes, but those styles are what help lead to some of the outrageous upsets we see in March. Slowing the pace and limiting the number of possessions can help a minnow take down a giant, and that's a good thing for the game.

And for anyone who hasn't noticed, we've been playing a lot slower this year. Much as people might like to say otherwise, it's not just playing against Big East teams. Our pace has slowed in the past few games despite playing teams like Cincy and Seton Hall that have played at a faster pace than we have throughout the season. With a coach like Buzz, I want as many strategic options as possible because he's so good at adjusting his system to fit the players he has.

Interesting fact...right now the fastest paced team in the Big East (and the country) is DePaul at over 75 possessions per game. By comparison, Marquette is averaging 65.6 possessions per game, almost 5 fewer per game than last year and our slowest since the 2009-10 Lazar and the Midgets team. One more reason I love Buzz...he knows how to tailor every detail to his roster's advantage.

[Nukem2]

I like the shot clock where it's at. I feel like college ball has more options for strategy than the NBA, where much of it (though not all) is simply the team with the best players wins. The Princeton offense or Bo Ryan's style may not be as appealing on the eyes, but those styles are what help lead to some of the outrageous upsets we see in March. Slowing the pace and limiting the number of possessions can help a minnow take down a giant, and that's a good thing for the game.

And for anyone who hasn't noticed, we've been playing a lot slower this year. Much as people might like to say otherwise, it's not just playing against Big East teams. Our pace has slowed in the past few games despite playing teams like Cincy and Seton Hall that have played at a faster pace than we have throughout the season. With a coach like Buzz, I want as many strategic options as possible because he's so good at adjusting his system to fit the players he has.

Interesting fact...right now the fastest paced team in the Big East (and the country) is DePaul at over 75 possessions per game. By comparison, Marquette is averaging 65.6 possessions per game, almost 5 fewer per game than last year and our slowest since the 2009-10 Lazar and the Midgets team. One more reason I love Buzz...he knows how to tailor every detail to his roster's advantage.

Of course, playing against zones game after game has a lot to doe with the "slower" pace and fewer possession...? Similar to yesterday's Cuse/Cincy game when both teams played zone. Game was actually very hectic and fast-paced, but the zones dictated a lower score and fewer possessions.