CBS Sports’ Matt Norlander recently sat down with NCAA head of officiating J.D. Collins to help college basketball fans understand the new points of emphasis for referees in the 2016-17 season. You should go read the full article to get Collins’ explanations of how the NCAA rules committee arrived at these topics, but this is the quick summary version so you’re ready to cheer on Marquette and/or yell at the referees as appropriate when the season starts on November 11.
Item #1 - Coaches can call timeouts after made baskets.
Last year marked a change where only players could call timeouts when the ball was live, which included when you took it out of bounds after your opponent scored.