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Old 11-08-2011, 01:55 PM   #17
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Originally Posted by valo403 View Post
No it's not.

NBA teams get 6 full length timeouts (which vary in length depending on TV from 60 to 100 seconds) plus one 20 second in each half. NCAA varies depending on the broadcast setup, but if you're watching it on TV the teams are only getting 4 30 second timeouts and one 60 second timeout per game. There are additional mandated commercial timeouts, but it's pretty safe to say those aren't going anywhere.
I expected I might be wrong on the numbers. Somehow it seems worse when watching NCAA - probably my impressions are skewed by March Madness, when advertisements are ramped up. NCAA seems far more "coached" than NBA. I realize this may not make sense, but the end of an NCAA game can be glacial.
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