College Basketball is ruined for me

It better not be like this from here on out. This LSU game blows

Have the rules changes fricked the game up?

ummm, context?

These kids play a certain way theyre whole life and the NCAA wants to change these rules and expects everyone to just forget what they've been taught and instilled how to play tough defense . This is borderline ridiculous. Very tough to watch.

I like the new rule changes. It'll take some time for the players to adjust. Players will have to move their feet instead of reaching, handchecking and shoving.

But yeah, this will be ugly until the players change. It'll open up the offense like we haven't seen in years.

it's not ruined, JJ just has to teach these guys how to defend. I watched a couple of games last week and it wasn't close to this bad

Agreed. 20 first half fouls? They've ruined it.

To be fair, they're trying to transition to more NBA-like contact rules. In the past few seasons, the general consensus was that a big reason offense was down was because there was too much leeway in allowing defenders to use their hands on offensive players. This year there is an emphasis to put a stop to that with the idea to allow offensive players to move more freely, like they're allowed to do in the NBA. There's going to be a transition period as players have to learn (and coaches have to teach) to play defense without putting your hands on players. In the long run, it'll be great for the game. And not every game has been this bad at all. Stanford and BYU both went over 100 last night, and I am very confident in saying this is the first game that saw 34 fouls in the first half.