In 2006, college basketball's average attendance was 5,327. Last year, it was 4,817. In the Big 12, three teams averaged more than 12,000 fans - Kansas, Kansas State and Iowa State.
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A No. 3 seed in the NCAA Tournament, averaged 6,650 fans.
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Interest is also down on TV. ESPN averaged roughly 1.5 million viewers on its flagship network for games this season, down about 6 percent from last year.
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K-State coach Bruce Weber has a different philosophy. He is one of the few coaches against shortening the shot clock, saying the change would hurt parity and benefit only the most talented teams. He envisions offenses rushing into plays, defenses taking advantage and the best athletes taking over, lowering the value of a well-executed possession.
His proposal is more grass roots.
"We have got to change the whole model, the developmental model of basketball," Weber said. "We have got to get skill development back in there. It has got to happen.
"I said two years ago, when they were going to change all the hand-checking and help the game, it didn't matter because we don't have the skills. That is what we have got to do. We have got to get the NBA involved, because the kids look up to that and pay attention to that. We have to get the high schools and AAU teams involved. We all have to come together and change the model."
Bowlsby is in favor of several changes. He wants to see college basketball use the wider NBA lane, push back the three-point line and reduce timeouts. Anything to bring excitement and attention back to the sport before March.
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A No. 3 seed in the NCAA Tournament, averaged 6,650 fans.
Read more here: http://www.kansas.com/sports/college/wichita-state/article16265834.html#storylink=cpy
Interest is also down on TV. ESPN averaged roughly 1.5 million viewers on its flagship network for games this season, down about 6 percent from last year.
Read more here: http://www.kansas.com/sports/college/wichita-state/article16265834.html#storylink=cpy
K-State coach Bruce Weber has a different philosophy. He is one of the few coaches against shortening the shot clock, saying the change would hurt parity and benefit only the most talented teams. He envisions offenses rushing into plays, defenses taking advantage and the best athletes taking over, lowering the value of a well-executed possession.
His proposal is more grass roots.
"We have got to change the whole model, the developmental model of basketball," Weber said. "We have got to get skill development back in there. It has got to happen.
"I said two years ago, when they were going to change all the hand-checking and help the game, it didn't matter because we don't have the skills. That is what we have got to do. We have got to get the NBA involved, because the kids look up to that and pay attention to that. We have to get the high schools and AAU teams involved. We all have to come together and change the model."
Bowlsby is in favor of several changes. He wants to see college basketball use the wider NBA lane, push back the three-point line and reduce timeouts. Anything to bring excitement and attention back to the sport before March.
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