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NCAA committee proposes 30-second shot clock

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College basketball may finally be picking up the pace.

The NCAA Men's Rules Committee announced a range of rules proposals Friday -- including a 30-second shot clock, an extension of the restricted area arc, and fewer second-half timeouts -- it hopes will accelerate a game that has faced widespread criticism for increasingly paltry scoring and too-frequent stoppages throughout the past decade.