Battalion/Page 13 November 8, 1982 sports after breali tl game oil top return ion (9jj» J Washiuj ante). Mil \labama aring thei aid thete: rou pracM Haller: Han ng to do e is gone: ige tonsil 1 that we igle,” Hi itirprisedl responded I havestK s in M Hall and)) going to I 're not belt have been ot." Coaches by Frank L. Christlieb Sports Editor DALLAS — Some basketball change. coaches don’t like Others don’t seem to care one way or another. Arkansas’ Eddie Sutton is one of those traditionalists who . , , imdoesn’t like to stray from the u-li f> eaten path unless it’s absolutely Accessary. So that’s why Sutton doesn’t care for the new 45- . , second shot clock that will be llt , W used in the Southwest Confer- epth ands n is youngi e been i And 1 belt ence this season. I Sutton says the shot-clock f or mat, adopted after the conclu sion of the past season, won’t change the style of SWC basket ball. But, he said, the clock will r r s change the game from the spec tators’ point of view. ■ “In my opinion, the shot clock ys he does j s going to have no af fect on the 111, gameofbasketball in the Souih- eople iisbi west Conference,” Sutton said at Sunday’s meeting of league fcoaches in Dallas. “I think fans iare going to be completely screwed up this year. I think they’re going to watch basketball games in the Big Ten, the ACC tod the SWC and they’re going hat we dm towonder what’s going on in our lerrv »|jconference. ‘I think we have the greatest game right now' in the world ... and all of a sudden the ACC de cides they want to put a shot clock in. Some of the great things that have happened in the sport have happened as a result of experimentation, so ’m not opposed to that. “But all of a sudden, it’s « I almost like a snowball ef fect,” he _ Kj said. "The ACC, the Big Ten W lr and everybody gets involved in k_y.il it,so now we’re playing with ab out 15 different sets of rules 1 across the country.” ^ / i College basketball’s mad rush III; io adopt a shot-clock format be- ganwhen NCAA coaches voted against the concept at the Final Four in New Orleans during the spring. Immediately after the conclusion of the tournament, however, Atlantic Coast Conf er ence officials decided in favor of a 30-second clock for their \&Mmti league. The SWC, in adopting the 45- second variety, chose to turn the dock off during the final five minutes of each game, since it /aytoathii ivould have the most effect on SMU. Agj the game during that time. Sutton, who is also opposed to he idea of a three-point play in allege basketball, said the shot as ub — exci a t Worth, 1 ended fori )ut of ihe ellaswetf dock “could he damaging to the e. ll* sport because of what we ve ig backW illowed to happen.” Sutton, whose Razorhacks are we did ah* se Texas pick SMI team wlf! eterbui xasA&M»l as and H vas he lOOd il high 5# ast vearinll* ‘It wash event ant ail l P outings, outrage tour of aid thateH California .hall taM all I thinl* -15 and?;l tional Invf J again, regon o victory cific linislhf only thejj ic finals, ust theAgj* i (Califodjj were a Ip iiologicai 1 only lost I ath matt# have to^ ically we y them i# National Lampoon's "CLASS REUNION’ 1 7:49 1:45 (R) "MY FAVORITE YEAR” 7:30 9:30 (PQ) CINEMA III Post Oak Malf764*06l6 Share the Magic! “E.T.” ■:ap' Christophor Re "MONSIQNOR" 7:25 9:50 (R) rmNi THEATRES * tl off adult ticket 5 1st Matinee + Mon-family night Sch 6 u. 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I guarantee there won’t be 10 times all year long that the horn will go off as a violation of the 45-second clock. “There’s nobody in our league that’s going to go out there and hold the ball for 45 seconds,” Sutton said, “But if you’re talking about a 30-second or 24-second clock, 1 think that Eddie Sutton says 45-second clock isn’t really necessary could change the game com pletely.” Coach Guy Lewis of Houston doesn’t have any complaints ab out the new system. “I don’t think it’s going to have any effect on our game,” Lewis said. “If you can’t get an offense started in 45 seconds, there’s not much anybody can do for you. “I think it’ll completely eli minate any out-and-out stall game — there’s no doubt it’ll do that. I think it’s a step in the right direction. “After this year,” he said, “I’m sure the rulemakers will look at all the results and decide whether we really need a shot clock. 1 voted for it, but I’m not a bit sure that we need it in the Southwest Conference, because we didn’t have that many stall games. “I don’t mind sitting on (the SMU’s Dave Bliss calls new format “great” for league ball) sometimes to protect a lead, either, mainly because it’s pretty good basketball. Regardless of what people write about you af ter you lose, it’s pretty good strategy. I think the 45-second clock will do one thing. It’ll get coaches off the hook on whether they should or should not have stalled — and I’m very much in favor of that.” Dave Bliss, head coach of the SMU Mustangs, said the shot clock may create somewhat of a faster tempo in the league. “I think it’ll make this league a very, very interesting league,” Bliss said. “The shot clock itself doesn’t make you think that the game is going to change a whole lot, but there is a certain amount of benefit for us to have some thing like this. “It forces you to do some things differently ... and you know that you can do more de- V LA * **■*■'-V ^ 1% C\ • a Sunday through Tuesday for $5.95. Choose from Gulf fried shrimp, or broiled West Coast snapper. 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