College Hoops will be different this year

[Henry Sugar]

Scoring is up 7% over the first weekend last season. Pace is up 5% and efficiency is up 2%.

Keep this in mind when looking at improvements for #mubb's offense (or worsening defense) over last year's raw numbers.

The full article is worth reading.

http://kenpom.com/blog/index.php/weblog/entry/early_hot_take_on_new_rules

[MuMark]

Rule changes are encouraging early on.

[tower912]

I want the timeouts back.  OK with the shot clock and the defensive changes.

[brandx]

My guess is that most of the scoring increase is due to the new officiating rules rather than the shot clock. As the article says, there are about 4 more fouls per game being called on average than last year.

[GooooMarquette]

I want the timeouts back.  OK with the shot clock and the defensive changes.

I actually think that's the best of the changes.  So often, coaches would save them all (except the use-it or lose-it in the first half) until the final two minutes...and turn the finish into a slow, painful death.

[tower912]

IMO, one more timeout and we beat Belmont.  If Wojo had a timeout in his pocket during the last minute I think the outcome is different.

[GooooMarquette]

IMO, one more timeout and we beat Belmont.  If Wojo had a timeout in his pocket during the last minute I think the outcome is different.

Perhaps, but it could just as often go the other way.  On balance, I like the idea that coaches have one less timeout to hold for the end.

[Lennys Tap]

IMO, one more timeout and we beat Belmont.  If Wojo had a timeout in his pocket during the last minute I think the outcome is different.

It's not like Wojo wasn't told ahead of time about the change - he could have saved a TO.

[MU82]

Thumbs up for fewer timeouts.

[mileskishnish72]

There are still too many TO's.

[Spotcheck Billy]

This could hurt the Warriors:

2. More 3's are being shot

So far this season, 36.3% of field goal attempts have been 3-pointers. If it held up, that number would easily surpass the current record of 34.4% set in the 2007-08 season. Typically, there isn't much of a season-long trend in 3-point attempts. The full-season numbers tend to be close to what you see the first weekend. Given that we are so far above the long-term norms, it's reasonable to expect this number to drop a bit, if anything. But even with a small correction, it appears this will be the Year of the 3. Is this because more teams are having to rush 3's late in the shot clock? It doesn't seem that way, because...

[bradley center bat]

I actually think that's the best of the changes.  So often, coaches would save them all (except the use-it or lose-it in the first half) until the final two minutes...and turn the finish into a slow, painful death.

I LOVE that a team timeout 30 seconds within a media timout, turns into a full media timeout. Then the next dead ball, we don't get that media timeout.

[WarriorInNYC]

My guess is that most of the scoring increase is due to the new officiating rules rather than the shot clock. As the article says, there are about 4 more fouls per game being called on average than last year.

I haven't read the article at all yet, and I understand that the rule changes lead to more fouls per game.  But how much of the 4 more fouls per game is due to increased possessions?  Increased possessions alone should lead to an increase in fouls.