As reported a few weeks ago, the NCAA had proposed several rule changes to the college basketball game. Today, the NCAA had made several of those changes law which means we will in fact see a different type of game next season.
OFFICIAL! 30-sec shot clock, 4-foot arc, reduction in time outs among changes coming to men’s basketball next season. pic.twitter.com/qgLqt0BS6D
— NCAA March Madness (@marchmadness) June 8, 2015
Here are a few of the rules that will be implemented for the 2015-16 season:
- Shot clock reduced to 30 seconds
- 4-foot restricted area (increased from 3 feet)
- Adjusting media timeouts
- Focus on enforcing defensive rules, allowing “freedom of movement”
- Disallowing coach’s timeouts during live balls
- Reduce time allowed to remove disqualified player
- Reducing timeouts from 5 to 4
- Penalizing teams for “delay of game”
- Penalizing “faking fouls”
- Officials can review shot-clock violations
- Hanging on the rim penalty reduced from two technical free throws to one
- Elimination of five-second closely guarded rule
- Allowing dunking in warm-ups
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Yes, this is a lot of change that will be implemented and though we will see it as a work-in-progress next season, it will surely allow for a faster and more exciting game.