ncaa rules
 

Does anyone know when the new ncaa rules will likely be announced?

I am pretty sure the answer is Yes, but I have no idea who that person is.

(someone has to step in for Padget when he is on his meds.)

Usually they come out sometime in late May or early June - that way any experimental type things can be checked-out or test-flighted in some of the summer camps...

rockyroad thank you. :)

SamIam - that was clever when I was in second grade. :cool:

We already know the men's 3 point line is going back, right? Has anyone been in a gym where they have redone it for this line?

i havent seen a gym with it moved back yet. I think everyone is going to need a shot clock with mounted on the support and led lights around the backboard pretty soon. Not this year though.

Salisbury University added teh new men's line over winter break. I was working their first women's game after that and during the first time out the assistant from SU asked me which 3 point line we were using!!! :eek:

are the men's using a NBA 3 point line?

No. Closer to the international line. However, the international line will be moving back in the coming years.

NCAA committee recommends change in goaltending rule
 

From ESPN http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/news/story?id=3392465

NCAA committee recommends change in goaltending rule

INDIANAPOLIS -- An NCAA committee has recommended changing the goaltending rule so that a ball that is completely above the rim and has already hit the backboard could not be touched, regardless of whether it is on an upward or downward flight.

"This change better defines and discerns the act of goaltending," Brad Jackson, chairman of the NCAA basketball rules committee and coach at Western Washington, said Monday.

Previously, only a ball on a downward flight after touching the backboard was subject to a goaltending call.

The proposal was one of about 50 by a joint subcommittee of the men's and women's rules committee. Only a handful of minor changes were approved, and those must be approved next month by the NCAA's playing rules oversight panel before they would go into effect.

Among the proposals that were approved was one requiring home teams to wear light uniforms and visiting teams to wear dark uniforms, unless both schools agree to a switch. Previously, the light-home, dark-visitor uniforms were recommended, but not required.

The men's committee took no action on proposed changes to the width of the free-throw lane.

"The restricted area arc and the widening of the lane were dimensional changes that were considered and discussed," Jackson said. "However, our committee decided to continue to observe and study the effects these dimensional changes may have on our game."

Best 3 years of my life.

Goaltending "change" is already there ?
 

Doesn't this rule already cover the situation?

NCAA Rule 4 Section 34. Goaltending Art. 3. When the entire ball is above the level of the ring during a field-goal try and contacts the backboard, it is considered to be on its downward flight. In such a case, it is goaltending when that ball is touched by a player.

I gotta be honest. I've never seen this article before you posted it. I thought it was the new proposed article, but it's in the book already. Wow, that's a horrible oversight on my part. :(

This was actually an unannounced change in the '07-'08 book. I looked at the previous year's book and the entire article is missing. This would've been a good thing to let us know about.

You mean maybe before the 07-08 season? :)

Such a small change, why bother even pointing it out. :rolleyes:

Anyway, if you passed on this play last season and you told the coach it doesn't matter that the ball hit the backboard you were wrong. Isn't life funny sometimes?

Apparently nobody told this year's rules committee about it either. :D