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3 M ?ro 03 p r,. p a n woraSaw It on TV—Colleges May Adopt Pros' 24-Second Rule Next YearNEW YORK, Feb. 7. (*)—The colleges may go for the sInew professional basketball styles next season—mainly jj because oi: what they see on television. UCollege rules makers are seriously considering the 24-secondthermore, I have had several communications from coaches all overor hot potato”—rule. They also «* country who have tried out . . . , . • . . .the pro rules ana like them/’are interested In the 12-foot fouL * ■ . .•. . The Manhattan coach said heline, used by the pros and Olym- |ej|. certain the foul lane would bepic games.Joe Lapchick, coach of the New York Knickerbockers, said today he had received. a letter from Bruce Drake of the University of Oklahoma, longtime chairman of the rules committee, asking- comprehensive data on the pros’ style of playing.“Bruce said the coaches in hisbroadened from six to 12 feet. This has been a controversial item for years among, the rules men.• “Bruce Drake has been experimenting with an industrial team which uses a circle around the basket making every man equidistant from the- goal,” Norton said. “But with-the Olympics coming up I feel sure the changeIi1area had been watching the pro will go through this year.”games on television and were impressed by what they saw,” Lapchick said. “They especially are interested in. our 24-second rule.The 24-second, rule, ..adopted* by the pros last season, makes it compulsory for the team in possession of the ball to take a shot at the basket within 24 seconds. Otherwise,*' the ball changes hands.“We have found that the rule cuts down fouling—which if an inevitable result when a team with a lead p«uts on a freeze-r and furthermore that the rule is hardly noticeable,” Lapchick said. “There have been few instances when the team was caught by the 24-second whistle.”The Knickerbocker coach, who made his remarks at the weekly meeting of Metropolitan basketball writers, was backed up by Coach Ken Norton of Manhattan College, another member of the rules committee.I had a letter from Drake, too, asking me' about the pros’ 24-second rule, Norton said. “Fur-The rules makers gather in Kansas City after ►the- NCAA basketball finals March 19.College BasketballVMI 78, The Citadel 69.Nebraska 84. Colorado 77.Oklahoma City 85, Houston 49, Kentucky 01, JVUss, State 56. Buffalo 79, Brockport 58. Marquette 88, Creighton 77.Loyola (La.) 75, Louisiana State f?8. Vanderbilt 78, Alabama 67,Illinois 81, Michigan 80.Tennessee 97, Georgia: 81.Georgia Tech 75, Auburn (7.‘ Michigan State 93, Notre Dame 79, Tulsa 77, Detroit 72.Indiana. 95* Wisconsin 58. rUtsburch 92, Tampa 52.WM 105, Virginia Teoh 73. Quantico 114. Farris Island 101. Minnesota 82, Ohio State 56. Catholic U. 87, Randolph-Macon 88. Dnquesne 66, VHlanova 58. MJddlebnrjr 87,s St. Michael's 73.
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Syracuse Post Standard

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Tue, Feb 08, 1955

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