Outside of a few scenarios most teams would just take the free throws...

...there are exceptions but the reason to stop it is to quit slowing the game down and having the end turn into a free throw shooting contest. I'd argue letting the defense trap a sideline inbound and then foul if they can't get it slows the game far worse than free throws do.
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Free throw shooting right now is the best it has ever been in the history of college basketball, in most situations teams would play the odds and take the free throws. At least in the double bonus. A rule change that has actually been proposed and voted on is doing like the women's game (made easier by quarters) and eliminating the one and one and going straight to two free throws after a set point. I don't mind the rule the way it is personally but there are a number of models to change foul structure that I think are interesting and don't hurt the game and could possibly speed it up, or make it harder to get a star player in foul trouble.

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Posted: 02/15/2022 at 12:30PM

Intentional foul: for those that have argued the call... -- HOKIE75-79 02/15/2022 12:00PM

IMO, call was right, but the kid did not mean to throw him -- Vienna_Hokie 02/15/2022 12:11PM

Kind of like a lot of college targeting calls ** -- VTCALS72 02/15/2022 12:44PM

Absolutely, except the kid isn't kicked out of the next game for it -- Vienna_Hokie 02/15/2022 12:47PM

Agreed, he didn't mean for it to end up as a tackle -- Pylons 02/15/2022 12:25PM

I think I'd support a change to -- Pylons 02/15/2022 12:11PM

I am not following the logic of changing the rule. -- 1978vtlspe 02/15/2022 12:41PM

Because the intentional foul almost never gets called -- Pylons 02/15/2022 1:03PM

Not sure the rules need to be changed, same applies to everyone -- Vienna_Hokie 02/15/2022 12:33PM

How about running 10 seconds off the clock? -- EDGEMAN 02/15/2022 12:38PM

Actually calling intentional/flagrant fouls would likely help the most -- Pylons 02/15/2022 12:35PM

You are right, but officiating is subjective to begin with, just more there ** -- Vienna_Hokie 02/15/2022 12:40PM

Outside of a few scenarios most teams would just take the free throws... -- Cvillehoops13 02/15/2022 12:30PM

Why is it so important to speed the game up? -- Vienna_Hokie 02/15/2022 12:39PM

Total time matters as well... -- Cvillehoops13 02/15/2022 1:24PM

Matters to TV schedulers, but that's a pretty short sighted approach -- Vienna_Hokie 02/15/2022 1:35PM

We joined the Nut Bowl nearly into the 2nd quarter due that tactic -- TomTurkey 02/15/2022 12:24PM

I remember that, some meaningless Dec NBA game ** -- Vienna_Hokie 02/15/2022 12:27PM

I've often thought that too -- RTFC 02/15/2022 12:19PM

Yeah, I suppose that's possible (or even probable) -- Pylons 02/15/2022 12:23PM

Outside of a few scenarios most teams would just take the free throws...

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