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much shorter game, so seems to be more "crunch time" versus "junk time". pace can get pretty slow say, halfway through the 3rd Q in an NBA game, especially if one team has a big lead.
college kids also tend to get a little out of control at times. always seems to be flurries of really fast back-and-forth play in these NCAA tourney games (often gets pretty sloppy). nba teams/players, especially the ones who are better in the half court, have the maturity to recognize that this may not be the best type of game to get into and will purposely slow it down (as opposed to practically taking the ball out of the hoop and going the other way 1000 mph as college kids are apt to do).
Although I'm confused as to what discus has to do with college or professional basketball. However, college plays for 40 minutes. Not an hour. Boom. You're welcome.
Actually it isn't. The NBA has better spacing, and a shorter shot clock which leads to a faster pace.
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Although I'm confused as to what discus has to do with college or professional basketball. However, college plays for 40 minutes. Not an hour. Boom. You're welcome.
NBA games are only 48 minutes. Not an hour.
Seeing the Uconn-Florida game...the pace isn't faster than NBA slow-paced "contender" teams like the Brooklyn Nets or Indiana Pacers.
College players have shorter legs so they appear to be moving faster.
While the shot clock is shorter, the five second call in college basketball doesn't exist in the NBA. One guy (guys like Carmelo) can be defended for most of the shot clock and really take the air out of the ball. It only seems slower in the NBA because of the lack of ball movement. The lack of backcourt pressure (due to it's ineffectiveness at the NBA level) in the NBA also encourages slow play. Nobody plays like VCU or Louisville. Pitino found this out the hard way.
In the NBA, here is usually one guy on the floor for each team that probably doesn't expect to touch the ball in the set offense unless they get an offensive rebound or score in transition. The triangle offense was designed to keep the ball in the hands of the two best scorers/shooters, the post, and the ball handler... Jordan, Pippen, Kerr, Armstrong, Kukoc, Longley, Wennington. Perdue, Grant, Rodman, Cartwright were the odd men out. Everybody has mimicked over the last 20 years. This limits the need for extra passing.
The varied defenses faced in college require offenses to move the ball quickly. The lack of zones and multiple defenses in the NBA allow teams to isolate a single defender against their best scorer. Again, the lack of ball movement makes it seem slow.
You're watching college teams facing elimination with every game.
That's a part of it.
The NCAA televises games on a 10 minute delay and speeds the digital feed up 1.5x on TV. Lets them sell more commercials. So it actually does look faster.
College guys do a lot of random movement, as someone suggested above. They jump too much.
Same reason college athletes often look like they are running faster than professionals; they aren't as graceful.
actually the NBA plays at 3/4 speed for 3 and 1/2 quarters then full speed in the last 5 minutes only during playoffs (full speed last minute only in regular season)
its just an illusion that college seems faster
I think it's pretty obvious, it's because college players are faster. The NBA is full of 260 lb 6'10-7' players.......they're slow. Tall players win games, because when they reach their hand up it's only 6-8 inches from the rim and they're are to shoot over, they take up a lot of space on such a small playing court, they aren't on football field. College players are more athletic because they're smaller, still tall and still big, but the NBA doesn't recruit 6'6" forwards anymore, and very rarely under 6' 3" guard.
Put it this way, there isn't anybody in the NBA who could be in the top 5 in a state high school girls 100meter race in states like California, Texas, Florida......and no Lebron James wouldn't even make it to a girls final in the 100 meters.
A Jack Russell Derby would appear to be faster than a Greyhound Derby.
Average college team scores 1.7 points per minute. Average NBA team scores 2.4 points per minute.
College doesn't look faster to me, but it does look more frenzied and less in control. They press in college, but in the NBA the players are too skilled, pressing doesn't work. NBA players rarely panic.
I think what you're seeing is the NBA players are just consistently better. Defenses in the NBA are so well organized and drilled, but there are also players who are unguardable.
The crowds are different. Individual regular season games in college mean more. In the NBA if a team is down by 9 points with 40 seconds left, they'll often empty the bench and call it a night. In college they'll keep fouling and try to extend the game.
I understand why someone might prefer the college game. I like both college and the NBA, but they do have different feels to them. I've transitioned from a near 100% college fan 6 years ago to a near 100% NBA fan now.
**** wrote:. The lack of zones and multiple defenses in the NBA allow teams to isolate a single defender against their best scorer. Again, the lack of ball movement makes it seem slow.
Plenty of teams play zone for spurts, The best scorers tend to be double or triple teamed. Any time Giannis is inside the 3 point line, he'll have 3 defenders on him. You do have ball stoppers like Harden, but most teams move the ball around. Last year 43% of Houston's shots were 3 pointers. Those weren't all Harden isolations. They moved the ball a lot.
A few years old, but still valid
https://www.theringer.com/2016/10/25/16036540/college-basketball-nba-fans-arguments-e9211d1a460
Because in the NBA, you need a slow hand that’s why it feels slower.
The NBA players are bigger (more massive), and clocks run slower in gravitational fields.
The higher the gravitational potential (the farther the clock is from the source of gravitation), the faster time passes.