There's no defense for NCAA's march toward 30-second shot clock
John Wooden was in charge of 826 games as a college basketball coach, not one of which was contested with a shot clock in place. And yet we turn to the Wizard for the definitive word on the debate regarding whether the NCAA rules committee should consider truncating the current 35-second cycle to a mere 30 seconds: “Never mistake activity for achievement,” Wooden used to say. MORE: Florida's choice of Michael White makes ¢ents | Vegas team wants to lure nation's top talent You can get that on a poster, you know. Twenty bucks. I’d personally spring for a dozen if I could hang them around the room here in Indianapolis where the rules committee will meet starting Tuesday to discuss whether to shorten the shot clock in the college game. The adage applies on multiple levels to this discussion. The rules committee is feeling external pressure to do something — anything? — to address the historic bottoming in college basketball scoring and the effect it may be having on the game’s au...