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Is the clock ticking toward Indiana high school basketball with a shot clock?
Possibly.
The Indiana Basketball Coaches Association surveyed its membership, receiving 612 responses from its roughly 800 boys and girls coaches. Of those returning the surveys, 68% are in favor of a shot clock, IBCA executive director Marty Johnson said.
“To get 77% response is really a good number,” Johnson said of the feedback from the coaches. “There is a lot of interest in this topic. We did not have much discussion about it prior to sending it out to the coaches, but the discussion has gone on more since then.”
Johnson said the 35-second shot clock proposal was presented to the Indiana Interscholastic Athletic Administrators Association last week. The proposal will be presented to the Indiana High School Athletic Association at its executive committee meeting on Feb. 20.
The proposal, as it stands now, would call for the shot clock to go into effect for the 2026-27 season. The IHSAA board of directors would then vote on the proposal at its meeting on May 4. It is possible, based on feedback from athletic directors, principals and others, that the proposal could be affirmed, denied, tabled to amended by the board of directors.
“We are listening to the coaches association and then will evaluate with our board,” IHSAA assistant commissioner Brian Lewis said.
Coaches Confidential: Does Indiana high school basketball need a shot clock?
There is not a mandate from the National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS) to add a shot clock, though Indiana is now in the minority as one of the states not to utilize one. For the 2025-26 season, there are 32 states that use a shot clock in some form. Prior to approval from the NFHS in 2021 to allow states to use a shot clock, there were only 10 states that used a shot clock.
Kentucky has approved a shot clock starting with the 2027-28 season. Illinois will require a shot clock for boys and girls varsity games beginning next season.
Under the proposal from the IBCA, the shot clock would reset to 35 seconds with no partial resets for offensive rebounds. Among the reasons considered for adding a shot clock are to align with college and professional basketball, to eliminate “stall ball” games and stop games turning into a free-throw contest in the fourth quarter.
Among the concerns include the cost to add shot clocks to facilities and the addition of a person to operate the clock. There is also the consideration of junior varsity and freshman games playing without a shot clock, at least initially, if the proposal passes.
Call Star reporter Kyle Neddenriep at (317) 444-6649.Get IndyStar's high school coverage sent directly to your inbox with the High School Sports newsletter. And be sure to subscribe to our new IndyStarTV: Preps YouTube channel.
This article originally appeared on Indianapolis Star: Is Indiana high school basketball closer to getting a shot clock?
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Possibly.
The Indiana Basketball Coaches Association surveyed its membership, receiving 612 responses from its roughly 800 boys and girls coaches. Of those returning the surveys, 68% are in favor of a shot clock, IBCA executive director Marty Johnson said.
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“To get 77% response is really a good number,” Johnson said of the feedback from the coaches. “There is a lot of interest in this topic. We did not have much discussion about it prior to sending it out to the coaches, but the discussion has gone on more since then.”
Johnson said the 35-second shot clock proposal was presented to the Indiana Interscholastic Athletic Administrators Association last week. The proposal will be presented to the Indiana High School Athletic Association at its executive committee meeting on Feb. 20.
The proposal, as it stands now, would call for the shot clock to go into effect for the 2026-27 season. The IHSAA board of directors would then vote on the proposal at its meeting on May 4. It is possible, based on feedback from athletic directors, principals and others, that the proposal could be affirmed, denied, tabled to amended by the board of directors.
“We are listening to the coaches association and then will evaluate with our board,” IHSAA assistant commissioner Brian Lewis said.
Coaches Confidential: Does Indiana high school basketball need a shot clock?
There is not a mandate from the National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS) to add a shot clock, though Indiana is now in the minority as one of the states not to utilize one. For the 2025-26 season, there are 32 states that use a shot clock in some form. Prior to approval from the NFHS in 2021 to allow states to use a shot clock, there were only 10 states that used a shot clock.
Kentucky has approved a shot clock starting with the 2027-28 season. Illinois will require a shot clock for boys and girls varsity games beginning next season.
Under the proposal from the IBCA, the shot clock would reset to 35 seconds with no partial resets for offensive rebounds. Among the reasons considered for adding a shot clock are to align with college and professional basketball, to eliminate “stall ball” games and stop games turning into a free-throw contest in the fourth quarter.
Among the concerns include the cost to add shot clocks to facilities and the addition of a person to operate the clock. There is also the consideration of junior varsity and freshman games playing without a shot clock, at least initially, if the proposal passes.
Call Star reporter Kyle Neddenriep at (317) 444-6649.Get IndyStar's high school coverage sent directly to your inbox with the High School Sports newsletter. And be sure to subscribe to our new IndyStarTV: Preps YouTube channel.
This article originally appeared on Indianapolis Star: Is Indiana high school basketball closer to getting a shot clock?
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