Friday, March 22, 2013

Extra Timeouts


Replay reviews in college basketball are giving teams extra timeouts.  I understand the desire to get it right, but I'm beginning to think the extra timeout is changing the outcome more than the result of the review.  Yesterday 2 games going down to the wire had monitor reviews in one possession games where the offensive team was out of timeouts.  St. Mary's had an inbound play on their own baseline down 2 points and was able to use the extra timeout to diagram a nice screen the screener play for their best shooter to get a clean look from 3 with a chance to win the game.  During the flow of the game St. Mary's probably has to call a play they are comfortable with and Memphis has scouted. Later in the day Marquette is down 1 with 5-6 seconds on the clock (time remaining on the clock was the purpose of the review) and had to go 3/4 of the court.  The review timeout allowed Marquette to space the floor with shooters and set up a flat ball screen for their best driver and remind him during the timeout to not settle and there was plenty of time for him to get to the rim.  We'll never know if this extra timeout truly altered the outcome of either game, but my guess is St. Mary's doesn't get their best shooter a look that good and Marquette ends up settling for a jump shot. 

I'm not suggesting replay be removed and I definitely see the other side saying what if a call is missed that costs a team an opportunity and at least with replay both teams are getting a timeout and have to execute.  There was a game in OVC tournament play where the defense benefited from the review timeout.  Murray State's best player was double teamed coming out of the timeout and unable to get the ball. 

Where do you stand on replay and the extra timeouts its creating?

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