Just saw this:
http://www.ncaa.com/news/basketball-men/...ooter-rule
In order to take a charge, the alteration will require a defending player to be in legal guarding position before the airborne player leaves the floor to pass or shoot. Additionally, the defending player is not allowed to move in any direction before contact occurs (except vertically to block a shot). All rules alterations must be approved by the NCAA Playing Rules Oversight Panel, which is scheduled to convene via teleconference on June 25. The proposal is allowed in the non-change year under PROP guidelines because the committee believes a new rule requires alteration.
“This alteration will impact block/charge plays in an effort to make this play easier to coach and officiate,” said Rick Byrd, head coach at Belmont and chair of the committee, which met jointly with the National Association of Basketball Coaches board of directors and the Division I Men’s Basketball Championship Committee. “In our discussions, the men’s basketball community, including coaches, officials and administrators, agreed that this rule needed adjustment.”
Last season, the committee changed the timeframe at which the defender must be in legal guarding position, adjusting it to when the airborne player started his upward motion with the ball to attempt a shot or pass. When reviewing game footage from last season, the committee concluded that those types of plays became more difficult to coach and officiate.
Also- going to see more freedom of movement inside this year:
• A defensive player pushing a leg or knee into the rear of the offensive player shall be a personal foul on the defender;
• An offensive player dislodging a defensive player from an established position by pushing or backing in shall be a personal foul on the offensive player;
• A player using the “swim stroke” arm movement to lower the arm of an opponent shall be charged with a personal foul;
• Post players using hands, forearms or elbows to prevent an opponent from maintaining a legal position shall be charged with a personal foul.
Should clean things up a lot.....
Also- an experiment but I think one that will be very positive....
Committee members also recommended an experimental rule involving timeouts, with an eye on potentially using this in the Postseason NIT. In this proposal, when a team calls a timeout within 30 seconds of the next scheduled media timeout (first dead ball under the 16-, 12-, 8-, and 4-minute marks), that timeout will become the first media timeout.
For example, when Team A calls a timeout at 16:02 in the first half, there will not be a media timeout at the first dead ball under the 16-minute mark. This would eliminate a stoppage of play without reducing the number of team timeouts.
I think this is a no brainer. I always hate the games when you have a timeout at 16:02, then ball goes out of bounds at 15:57 and you have another timeout.