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

[Camron Rust]

Originally Posted by JRutledge

I realize what live ball means. I was wondering if they were using the term "live ball" to mean when the ball is actually only live or were there other exceptions to the rule. And coaches for years used to do just fine requesting timeouts through their players. Not sure why this would be a problem moving forward. It is probably the best rule change IMO. The rest of the other stuff is window dressing.

Peace

You may be right...that it could mean something a bit different than the technical meaning of live ball. As so many non-officials use the term, it often includes the time between a made basket and a throwin. Hopefully, it will actually be that....that the coach can only be granted a timeout when the ball is dead AND the clock is stopped (and not during the interval when it is stopped in the final minute after a made bucket).