Not every follower of WCBB may think dunks would be a dramatic or even interesting aspect of the game. Maybe they value other aspects which are relatively independent of rim height, like ball and player movement and defensive intensity.
What's wrong with that? The more attention the sport can get the better. For how much longer do you expect schools to continue supporting money losing sports? Eventually collegiate sports that can't cover their expenses at schools where the athletic department is hemorrhaging cash (like UConn) are going bye bye or will at best be treated marginally better than an intramural club. When Geno retires, think the next coach is making $2 mil per year? Bet not.
As a rule maker Geno is a really good coach. Stay there Geno.
Yep, I've said it a number of times: the human body has outgrown the basketball court.
Maybe. But then maybe the women's game which we love will become so much more like the men's game. Selfish meball, little basketball knowledge, early graduations with one and dones. Agents, unteachable players. The list is endless. I don't know. Geno's been an advocate of many changes including shrinking the lane, increasing the size of the ball. Those changes I do like. I say if they want to change the pro game and lower the basket fine.My choice would be to raise the height of the men's basket by 9 inches or a foot. I miss the days when wings and guards actually had to make lay-ups.The glorification of the dunk is a bad thing in the men's game because it has become so commonplace. I find I am just bored by the typical game highlights.
But ... I do agree that in the modern environment where the dunk is so glorified, it would change the perception of athleticism if the basket were lower. The lower net in Volleyball started from the very beginning of women playing the game because net play was such an integral part of the sport - volleyball without spikes and blocks becomes endless if you have good players - the ball never touches the ground and rallies would last for ever. Women playing basketball competitively started before the jump shot or the dunk were part of the men's game - the dunk was actually outlawed for the college game for a while as it became more commonplace.
No one now comments on the height of the net in volleyball - it is just taken for granted. If it height of the basket were changed in the women's game, it would get a few comments early on, but within a few years no one would feel it necessary, and you would start seeing highlight packages of women's dunks. I am happy with the way the game is played right now, but if the idea is to make sports center highlights and thus grow the game ... maybe I am OK with that.
And they are the most expensive seats in the house! Who is going to advocate for this one?
we're on the same team with this comment
Yes, lowering the baskets and encouraging women to dunk will only highlight the differences in athleticism.
Yes and that is why those people watch UCONN basketball instead. Goal tending should be called every time a dunk is made.
Not just dunking. Have a 2-point line 10 feet out from the rim.
The should put a trampoline in front of each basket and allow the players to launch themselves at or over the rim. Watching every player drop the ball in from three feet above would prove how athletic they all are, for sure. Granted, when not planning to use the trampoline, they would have to learn how to approach the basket a full tilt without falling over the trampoline, but what the heck? Fans would appreciate the new element of risk introduced into the game as the players tried to avoid broken legs and ankles. This will fix the women's game, for sure.
