Jay Bilas had some good commentary on the rule changes during the Georgetown-Oregon game last night. He argued that the college basketball world got lazy, and stopped blowing the whistle for the last decade or so. Consequently, coaches started to teach their players hand-checking, etc. because they knew they could get away with it. I agree somewhat.

The game needed more offense, and a little less physicality. It'll be tough to adjust to the change for everyone (including refs), but it's a good rule change. The game is better for it.

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These guys today have no fundamentals.

There are definitely fundamentals in the college game. However, I do think AAU coaching has hurt fundamentals, and I'm not sure how much good teaching these players are getting before they step on a college campus.

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Posted by ballscaster

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Posted on 11/9/13 at 9:38 am to tigers32

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I don't think it was all the contact that caused the lack of scoring the past few years. These guys today have no fundamentals. They can't shoot.

Absolutely. And here's a big reason why, courtesy of tigers32:

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the college basketball world got lazy, and stopped blowing the whistle for the last decade or so. Consequently, coaches started to teach their players hand-checking, etc. because they knew they could get away with it. I agree somewhat.

More physical play and refs swallowing their whistles has made it harder for players to move away from the ball and get open for a good shot, leading players to put more emphasis on "practicing" taking the ball to the hole rather than shooting.

Calling ticky-tack fouls will make the game better over time.

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