Potential rules changes to increase scoring

[BleedOrange]

http://www.toledoblade.com/sports/2013/ ... -fall.html

[Warthog]

Can you imagine how low our shooting percentage will be if we are forced to take more shots???

[factman]

Seems to me,all they have to do to increase scoring, is to NOT allow the "hands on" defense, and call the game the way is used to be called 10-20 years ago. All of the clutching and grabbing has made the game almost unwatchable at times.

[Redwingtom]

Our only hope is a smaller ball, a wider rim and a shorter basket.

[Class of 61]

Hang on guys....Louis Orr is "unconvinced" that 5 fewer seconds per possession will make a difference.... and we all know how well we used the 35 sec. currently allotted!

[mscarn]

Five more seconds to stand around looking confused before throwing up a brick. Florida Gulf Coast took the college basketball world by storm and our offensive philosophy is exactly the opposite.

On a more hopeful note, I really like what I read about Zach Denny. Part of shooting better is recruiting better shooters and this kid seems like a marksman. We know he'll have more athletic defenders closing out faster, but he played on a top AAU team against the best competition so that might help with the adjustment.

[BGFalconfromCincy]

I've never understood why the college shot clock was 35 seconds, hell even the women have a shorter one at 30.

[BleedOrange]

I happen to agree with Orr on this. The focus on the shot clock is completely misguided and naive. Basketball has become a sport of mayhem. Defenders in basketball are extremely physical compared to how they were 20 years ago. It's gotten stupid.

A shorter clock will just result in more possessions ending with a crappy shot. A 15 second shot clock wouldn't do squat for scoring, let alone a 30 second clock.

However, this is not to say that I do not LOVE UF-Gulf Coast's style.

[BGSU33]

Hang on guys....Louis Orr is "unconvinced" that 5 fewer seconds per possession will make a difference.... and we all know how well we used the 35 sec. currently allotted!

Orr won't/doesn't have an opinion on the rule. He'll trust in God. If God wants college basketball to have a 30-second clock, then it will happen.

[Globetrotter]

To God be the Shot Clock.

[guest44]

It used to be free fries at 85. Since Orr was hired, it's free fries for a year at 85.