2015-16 NCAA rule changes (Men's and Women's)

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• Allowing a total of only 10 seconds to advance the ball to the front court (with a few exceptions). Will be interested to see how the actual rule reads and its associated caseplays.
• Reducing the amount of time allotted to replace a disqualified player from 20 to 15 seconds. Wonder if this affects the other replacement intervals as well and when the first warning horn will be sounded.

Faking fouls

During the use of a video review to see if a possible flagrant foul occurred, the panel approved a rule that would allow officials to penalize players who fake fouls. The NCAA Men’s Basketball Rules Committee felt that players trying to draw fouls by deception is a growing issue. So will the penalty be a Class A or Class B technical foul?

Other changes

• Eliminating the five-second closely guarded rule while dribbling the ball. Don't see many college officials have a count when the ball is being dribbled, anyway.
• Removing the prohibition on dunking in pregame warmups and at halftime. Really hope this trickles down to high school.