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

They officially approved new rules proposals, but I haven't seen an official list of what made the cut.

https://twitter.com/marchmadness/sta...277250/photo/1

Something I did read is no more time-out requests by coaches on the Men's side.

As far as the 10-second B/C count, read somewhere that there will be no reset on the Men's side only if the offense is granted a time-out, but on the Women's side that applies to the ball going OOB (assuming in addition to an offensive T-O).

Maybe our newest poster will come along with the scoop.

Surprised the no live-ball TO proposal passed on the men's side.

Info slowly coming in...

NCAAW approved 10-minute quarters.

If it is just coaches not granting a timeout, that is a great change. Great change I tell you. Tired of looking to coaches for something they never did for years without much problem.

Peace

And now for all of the NCAAW rules changes...

Women’s basketball moves to a four-quarter format | NCAA.org - The Official Site of the NCAA

The NCAA Playing Rules Oversight Panel on Monday approved a package of proposals and areas of focus for officials in men’s basketball to improve the pace of play, better balance offense with defense and reduce the physicality in the sport.

The NCAA Men’s Basketball Committee made similar recommendations before the 2013-14 season, and it felt the changes improved the game. But after gaining some positive traction, the balance between offense and defense again tilted toward the defense last season. Scoring in Division I men’s basketball dipped to 67.6 points a game last season, which neared historic lows for the sport.

The key areas officials will focus on in the upcoming season are:
• Perimeter defense, particularly on the dribbler and strictly enforcing directives established before the 2013-14 season.
• Physicality in post play.
• Screening, particularly moving screens and requiring the screener to be stationary.
• Block/charge plays.
• Allowing greater freedom of movement for players without the ball.

Pace of play

With an eye on reducing inaction, the panel approved several proposals to improve the pace of play. The most significant is reducing the shot clock to 30 seconds. The shot clock was last reduced for the 1993-94 season when it went from 45 seconds to 35.

Teams will also have one fewer team timeout (only three can carry over instead of four) in the second half. Officials will focus more on resuming play quickly after a timeout and will issue a delay-of-game warning when a team does not comply and a one-shot technical foul on subsequent violations.

The rest of the package designed to improve the pace of play includes:
• Adjusting the media timeout procedures to allow a timeout called within 30 seconds of a break (at the 16:30 mark) or at any time after the scheduled media timeout becomes the media timeout.
• Removing the ability for a coach to call timeout when the ball is live.
• Allowing a total of only 10 seconds to advance the ball to the front court (with a few exceptions).
• Reducing the amount of time allotted to replace a disqualified player from 20 to 15 seconds.

Restricted-area arc

The panel also approved the expansion of the restricted-area arc from 3 feet to 4 feet. This arc would be effective in 2015-16 for Division I and 2016-17 for Divisions II and III. Moving the arc a foot farther from the basket is part of a continued focus on reducing the number of collisions at the basket.

Games in the 2015 Postseason NIT were played with the 4-foot arc on an experimental basis.

When compared to the 2013 NIT, which had the same block/charge standards as the 2015 event (aside from the 4-foot arc), the number of block/charge plays decreased from 2.77 per game to 1.96 per game.

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.

Other changes

Other proposals approved by the panel include:
• Allowing officials to use the monitor to review a potential shot clock violation on made field goals throughout the entire game.
• Making Class B technical fouls (hanging on the rim and delaying the resumption of play, for example) one-shot technical fouls. Previously, two shots were granted for these types of technical fouls.
• Eliminating the five-second closely guarded rule while dribbling the ball.
• Removing the prohibition on dunking in pregame warmups and at halftime.

Experimental rule

The panel also approved an experimental rule to allow players six personal fouls, instead of five, in the 2016 postseason tournaments other than the Division I Men’s Basketball Championship.

• Eliminating the five-second closely guarded rule while dribbling the ball.


Well then.

As APG subtly pointed out, coaches will not be able to call live ball timeouts. The ball is dead after a made basket or free throw, so a coach can still call timeout here (and we better not miss it!).

But in general, I love the rule change. I shouldn't get accused of ignorance in a loud gym when I'm trying to focus on a play 60 feet from a coach who I couldn't hear even if he had a bull horn. Want a live ball timeout? Instill in your players your philosophy for when the appropriate time to call one is. Or get one of your player's attention to bring the request to my attention. Because I'm busy, d@mn it! :D

Men's Link
 

NCAA changes shot clock to 30 seconds, makes other changes to game | NCAA.com


• Reducing the amount of time allotted to replace a disqualified player from 20 to 15 seconds.

Coaches will still milk it until we start issuing some T's. Now that Class B's are just 1 shot, we need to enforce it early in the season.

• Allowing a total of only 10 seconds to advance the ball to the front court (with a few exceptions).

Wish they would have listed the exceptions.

• 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.

"Removing the prohibition on dunking in pregame warmups and at halftime."

This is the one which stood out to me. Trying to get the spectators there early? Does the NCAA want to make attending a game more exciting for the fans by putting on a pregame dunk show? :cool:

Why do I imagine myself laughing for days if someone shatters a backboard during the pregame warm-up?

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 will love it until they break that damn rim or somebody gets hurt and it takes them 30 minutes to continue the game.

There was actually a kid that died trying to dunk in a summer game some years back from my area while playing in another state. I am hoping that this never changes at the HS level.

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).

Hearing from the NCAA-W SRE, who was privy to the discussions on the men's side, it was stated that coaches will be able to ask for a TO during any dead ball...to include immediately after a made basket.

So for 10-second BC count, it will reset except for these 3 situations:

1. OOB on defense
2. TF on offense
3. Held ball where offense retains possession

I don't know what is the big deal about dunking in pregame. I work FIBA rules where dunking is allowed in pregame. In my 15 years, I have yet to see a broken backboard or an injury related to this. Not to say that it can't happen. But if broken backboards and injuries while dunking are such a priority, let's prohbit dunking during the game as well.

I have seen baskets/stanchions knocked askew causing delays in starting the game.

A few interesting rules changes from the memo just posted on Arbiter (NCAA MEN):

4-1, 4-17
and 10-1
Penalty
No longer permit offense to score on a charging foul (e.g., airborne shooter).
Rationale: Reward the defense for an offensive foul. Also, eliminate the controversial call where an official counts the basket and
then awards free throws to the defensive team

4-17.4 and
4-17.6
Restrict a secondary defender who has established legal guarding position from moving sideways to maintain legal guarding position
on an airborne shooter/passer.
Rationale: Codify a previously approved interpretation of the guarding rules relating to block/charge plays involving an airborne
player.

10-3.1
and 11-
2.1.d
Add “faking being fouled by an opponent” as a Class A technical foul. Such acts include, but are not limited to, flopping or sudden
movement of the head in an attempt to draw a foul. However, such fouls could only be assessed after an official has elected to use
instant replay to review whether a flagrant foul has been committed and, in doing so, sees a clear violation of the rule involving faking
being fouled.
Rationale: Penalize this unsportsmanlike act, which is becoming more prevalent

Great rule....the NBA needs to adopt it.

Worst Case Scenario ...
 

It's been thirty-five years for me, but I'm sure that I will remember the first time that I have to wait two hours to start a game, or, maybe, worse, I have to drive an hour back home after a game is postponed.

Could it be that they just want to take a load off the officials? Is there anything else they make officials watch for during those intervals? Is there an official time or some other way to determine when "pregame warmups" begin? Or whether an individual who dunks the ball before the game starts is subject to the rule?

They would be subject to the rule whenever the officials enter the court...different rule sets/mechanic would dictate when the officials are to be on the court...but really, you can't enforce something till you see it.

Isn't that already the rule at all levels?

I have yet to see an airborne player change direction without contact. That means that if a defender has to move sideways to be in the path of the airborne player ("maintain LGP", as they say above), that defender couldn't have been in the path of the opponent before the opponent went airborne. By definition, that means that the defender couldn't even have an LGP to maintain.

I saw a college game where a really big Wake dude destroyed the backboard early - before he wasn't allowed to dunk. Game was about 20 minutes late. (I suspect TV $ was pissed.)

Nah.

I thought it was just me when I read that. What worries me is if it had to be clarified that means officials were calling PC fouls on airborne shooters when a defender shifted to stay in front of them.

I can't speak to how NCAAM will handle this but in NCAAW we've been told the sequence will be...

*Officials are told player has committed her 5th foul
*HC is notified
*Timer is told to start timing the replacement interval
*Timer immediately sounds horn
*After 15 seconds, timer sounds horn again
*If player has not been replaced, HC receives direct T

I will be at a camp next week and I am looking forward to hearing about the new NCAAW rules and how we are to implement them. I was wondering about the replacement protocol. Thanks.