{"id":23825,"date":"2013-02-12T18:08:49","date_gmt":"2013-02-12T18:08:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rcntv.rcn.com\/?p=23825"},"modified":"2023-04-13T15:32:30","modified_gmt":"2023-04-13T15:32:30","slug":"behind-the-mic-february-12th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.astound.com\/atvn\/behind-the-mic-february-12th\/","title":{"rendered":"Behind the Mic – February 12th"},"content":{"rendered":"

JUST GIVE ME 5 SECONDS<\/strong>:<\/p>\n

No, I am not asking you to give me 5 seconds of your attention.\u00a0 I can\u2019t get my wife to do that.\u00a0 And if you are going to read this, it will take considerably longer than 5 seconds.\u00a0 I am asking for the NCAA to give women\u2019s basketball five more seconds on the shot clock.<\/p>\n

In 1954, the NBA decided to go to a \u201cshot clock\u201d to increase interest in the pro game by forcing teams to shoot more and foul less.\u00a0 The NBA certainly needed the rule.\u00a0 There were reports of fans walking out of games.\u00a0 The final straw may very well have come on November 22, 1950, when the Fort Wayne Zollner Pistons beat the Minneapolis Lakers 19-18.\u00a0 Murray Mendenhall, the Pistons coach, decided to hold the ball until the end of the game in an attempt to score the winning points.\u00a0 The result was a fan base that threatened never to return to another game.<\/p>\n

The debate for the shot clock ended when Danny Biasone, the owner of the Syracuse Nationals franchise, convinced the league it was time to keep a team from holding the ball, waiting to be fouled or for time to run out.\u00a0 It was time to make both teams play at a faster pace.\u00a0 The number \u201c24\u201dwas used, not because of the hours in a day, but because of a mathematical formula using 2,880 seconds in a 48 minute game and dividing that number by the average number of shots taken (120) in a game.\u00a0 Do the math.\u00a0 With that, the \u201c24 second clock\u201d was invented (run by an official using a stopwatch on the sideline and yelling, \u201cTime!\u201d).<\/p>\n

The NCAA instituted the 30-second clock in women\u2019s college basketball in 1971.\u00a0 The men were not restricted by a shot clock until 1986, when they were allotted 40 seconds to take an initial shot.\u00a0 That time was changed to 35 seconds in 1993.\u00a0 The intent of the rule was simple \u2013 create more offense, avoid inactivity, and guarantee the fans more action.\u00a0 It, also, intensified and rewarded defensive efforts.<\/p>\n

It is time to unify the \u201cshot clock\u201d for both men and women.\u00a0 College offenses today require crisp passes, subtle (and not so subtle) screens, back-cuts, and constant movement.\u00a0 Execution is critical.\u00a0 Why must the women be forced to do all of that using 17% less time?<\/p>\n

It just seems illogical that the women would have less time to create an offensive set than the men.\u00a0 Giving the women 5 more seconds would allow them to utilize their skills to the utmost.\u00a0 It would put a premium on passing, cutting, team play and coaching.\u00a0 Teams, which are not as big as the opponent, nor physically as strong as the opponent, would be able to be more deliberate and use the attributes and skills they have to compete.\u00a0 It should cause a decline in sloppy basketball and isolated basketball.\u00a0 It would reward more individual skills.\u00a0 It would make women\u2019s basketball a better game.<\/p>\n

AND\u2026. It\u2019s just five seconds!!<\/p>\n

ABOVE THE EARS (SOME MUSINGS)<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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  1. I hosted Lafayette National Signing Day on the internet this past Wednesday (noon-6:00).\u00a0 This was the first year for football scholarships in the Patriot League.\u00a0 I could not help but feel thrilled for the young men who were offered a scholarship worth @$250,000 that allowed them to play a game they loved and attend a quality educational institution like Lafayette.\u00a0 I wondered if the student-athletes were as happy as their parents.\u00a0 Sweet!!<\/li>\n
  2. It\u2019s championship week on RCN-TV.\u00a0 By Friday, the Lehigh Valley Conference and the Colonial League will crown their boys and girls champions.\u00a0 16 teams vie for the 4 titles and the games promise to be exceptional.\u00a0 We have 10 games in 5 days.<\/li>\n
  3. Athletic performances always amaze me.\u00a0 The Lafayette women, beaten by Navy 62-44 on January 13, took the Mids to overtime this past Saturday.\u00a0 They lost, but raised the level of their game through emotion and hard work.\u00a0 It was Senior Day and it just seemed like everyone was playing as hard as they could to make the seniors proud to be a Leopard.\u00a0 They succeeded.<\/li>\n
  4. I finally saw \u201cArgo\u201d this past week.\u00a0 I do not know how Ben Affleck was left off the Best Director list for an Academy Award.\u00a0 It is a very, very good movie \u2013 a true story \u2013 happy ending.<\/li>\n
  5. Men \u2013 Don\u2019t forget Valentine\u2019s Day!\u00a0 P.S.\u00a0 \u201cArgo\u201d is not a \u201cdate movie\u201d.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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