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[QUOTE="Cowtown, post: 1023646, member: 2350"]
Consider FIBA ball:
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[*]Trapezoid shaped lane
[*]No live ball timeouts; two in the first half, 3 in the second; 1 in OT, no roll-overs. All timeouts are 60 seconds, period.

[*]8 seconds to cross half-court; the only full reset in the backcourt is when a defensive foul is committed. For example, if the defense checks the ball out in the back court 6 seconds into the count, you have two seconds remaining to get it over
[*]24 second shot clock; non-shooting fouls above 14 seconds, the shot clock stays; under 14, it comes back up to 14; same rule applies to kicked balls; no reset on a held ball when awarded to the offense

[*]there is no "continuation."
[*]the ball may not be passed into the backcourt by the offensive team on an inbounds pass from the front court (there ya go, VT, and it bugs the  out of me too that it's allowed in NCAA)

[*]basket on an "offensive" foul counts if the ball left the shooter's hand before the contact; technically it's not an offensive foul, it's just a pushing foul; it's the same idea as on a last shot - ball is released, horn sounds, it counts if it goes; also same idea with shot clock; it's consistent in all three scenarios
[*]After a player fouls out, there is a "reasonable time" to replace him; the rule of thumb is 20 seconds. No more "default automatic time-out."
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The real big problem with the time taken to play televised games is the TV timeouts, which add about a half hour to the total game time. I don't see a solution to that coming any time soon.
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