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[QUOTE="bevosu, post: 1012736, member: 46"]
I posted this about a month ago..seems relevant concerning the shot clock..

It's been my impression that although the players are generally more athletic in recent decades, they can't shoot worth a damn. I also think the 3 point shot has screwed the game up.

Here's a snippet from a NY Times article ...January 2013..

[I]Teams were averaging 68 points a game at the start of last week, the same as last season, according to Stats LLC. That is the lowest since the average was 67.6 in 1982, according to the N.C.A.A., and [B]about 10 fewer points a game than the record scoring era of the early 1970s when, interestingly, there was no shot clock[/B]. [B]This season’s .433 field-goal percentage is the worst since the .431 in 1965.[/B]

Accuracy from beyond the arc is down to .339, the lowest since the 3-pointer came into the college game in 1986-87.[/I]

There's more speculating as to why in the article...

[URL='http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/20/sports/ncaabasketball/in-mens-college-basketball-missing-a-little-something.html?_r=0']http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/20/s...sketball-missing-a-little-something.html?_r=0[/URL]
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