NCAA backcourt count

[Danvrapp]

I didn't watch a whole ton of NCAA-M basketball this season, but have tried to watch as much as I can during tournament time. I have noticed a very obvious lack of visible backcourt counting...at least during the games I have seen.

Does anyone know the mandate on when/how officials decide to show a visible backcourt count? There have been more than a few times when I choose not to visibly count, then next thing I know there's a sudden trap, or a ball bounces away, or maybe a pass gets fumbled... I have tried to condition myself to count 100% of the time, regardless of time or score.

Better to have it and not need it than to need it and not have it, I suppose?