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Pro vs. College Hoops: How Do They Compare?

If you don’t often sit down to watch a basketball game, you might assume that college teams and professional teams play by the same rules. After all, to the untrained eye, it’s hard to spot the obvious differences in a pro and a college game. Take a closer look, though, and you’ll see right off that there are differences in the length of the game – in pro ball, there are four quarters, in college ball, two halves – as well as in other areas. Sure, the basketball is a standard size, the backboard hasn’t moved, and the basket is the same height in both venues. Keep looking and you’ll see plenty of subtle differences in NBA and NCAA play.

Fouls are handled quite differently in college and in pro ball. For starters, NBA players are afforded six personal fouls before they are “fouled out.” NCAA play features slightly tighter rules with five personal fouls. Team fouls can be a bit more complicated to understand, so we’ll break it down for simplicity. During a shot if a player is fouled, he gets free throws – no mystery there. However, other acts such as “reaching in” are considered non-shooting fouls, unless the team is “in the penalty.” Simply put, a team is able to perpetrate a number of non-shooting fouls before actually giving the other team a chance to make some free throws.

NBA play deems a team in the penalty after committing the fifth team foul each quarter. From then on, any foul results in two free throws. NCAA play is different, in that the penalty is operable after the seventh team foul of the half. The fouled player gets a free throw, and if he makes that shot, he can take another one. Once there is a tenth foul in the half, this executes the “double bonus” and all fouls result in two free throws.

Why is this important? Well, at the end of games when teams begin to foul to stop the clock, the one and one scenario is less likely to result in giving up points. Teams in double bonus territory, though, are employing a much riskier strategy.

There are still more differences that exist between NCAA and NBA basketball; what we’ve discussed here is just a start. Knowing these differences can make you a more educated viewer, and much more likely to be able to closely follow the drama on the court.

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