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Hmmm . . . I confess that I only have last year's NCAA book in my office, so I am partly assuming that the new book still lists the revised/changed lane requirements after the statement, "A player shall not violate the following free-throw provisions." Keeping that assumption, I then assume that not lining up according to those guidelines is considered a violation along with the other provisions. There are a couple statements (again, in last year's book) that seem to apply, even with the new rule: one that says players not in a marked lane space (which hopefully now reads "designated" or something like that) must be behind the free-throw line extended and 3-point arc, and the other that specifies which spaces must be and can't be filled by whom. Having more than the allowed number of players on the lane would seem to violate both provisions, even though the refs should catch and rectify the situation before giving the shooter the ball. Hence, a violation. That's my thinking, anyway, but I'll have to double-check the wording in the new manual (which takes a little getting used to, given the different format it uses this year).
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