Curtley
Years ago
Could the NBL work with two 24 minute halves with say 4 timeouts per team per half?
The way college basketball flows more freely would surely be more appealing to non-NBL fans and the stats would be more reflective of 48 minute games which make more sense when cpmparing different leagues. The games would essentially last as long as a game currently is with more basketball.
Wilson Sting
Years ago
It might as well be 2 x 20 minute halves at the moment as the quarter time break is practically a time out and they don't change ends.
Breaks and timeouts might seem annoying, but they are good for:
- TV ads
- replays
- commentator discussion beyond play-by-play
- (not for me) cheer leaders
A
Years ago
4/5 Idiotic ideas not including the comment from LC, keep up the comedy.....
Choppy Galopy
Years ago
4 X 12 minutes. Keep it simple. Real ball fans want the real thing.
Dazz
Years ago
Personally I did prefer it when the quarters and breaks were longer.
paul
Years ago
"4 X 12 minutes. Keep it simple. Real ball fans want the real thing."
You mean fans of the NBA want the same in the NBL.
Mr bEn
Years ago
I'm very much for the reintroduction of 4 x 12s also.
I don't think we achieved anything from going to 4 x 10? Telecasts generally have a huge gap to fill on two hour slots and it hasn't affected the way we play at worlds.
Nbl would be doing itself a big favour reverting back to 12 minute qtrs in my opinion.
MACDUB
Years ago
"The way college basketball flows more freely would surely be more appealing to non-NBL fans"
Does it actually flow more though?
College basketball is terribly stop-start. its absolutely horrible.
Teams have 4 full timeouts and 2 30-sec timeouts per game.
There are also 8 media timeouts (4 in each half). - 16-, 12-, 8-, 4-
That's a total of 20 possible timeouts!
Its way way worse than the standard NBL 4 x 10 min quarters.
HO
Years ago
Mr bEn,
Go back to 12 minute quarters, and you have trouble fitting within the 2 hour time slot.
Paul's call out above is right. I am a little tired of ignorant or arrogant (its one or the other) comments like the anon above.
Bear
Years ago
I am not in favour of 24 minute halves, college ball would benefit from 4x10 minute quarters IMHO... NBA is 4x12 minutes but they dictate terms, NBL doesn't!
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