Once again, the NCAA hopes to clear up the ever-confusing block/charge rule in men's basketball
On a conference call Monday, the NCAA Playing Rules Oversight Panel approved a change to how the rule will be called, in addition to rule changes involving monitor reviews and elbow swings.
Moving forward, the NCAA says "a defensive player is not permitted to move into the path of an offensive player once he has started his upward motion with the ball to attempt a field goal or pass." If the defensive player is not in legal guarding position by this time, it should be called a blocking foul.
The old rule stated that the defender had to be in legal guarding position by the time the offensive player lifted off the floor.
The men's basketball rules committee believe the new block/charge rule will allow for more offensive freedom, provide clarity for officials in making this difficult call and enhance the balance between offense and defense.
The committee also asked officials to call a set of personal fouls with consistency, hoping to open up the game a bit more and allow for more scoring (on the heels of a historically low-scoring season). Here are the fouls the committee stressed that officials make:
When a defensive player keeps a hand or forearm on an opponent;
When a defensive player puts two hands on an opponent;
When a defensive player continually jabs by extending his arm(s) and placing a hand or forearm on the opponent;
When a player uses an arm bar to impede the progress of an opponent.
Other rule changes apply to both men's and women's basketball, affecting monitor reviews and elbow reviews. During the last two minutes of regulation and overtime, officials can now review shot clock violations as well as who caused the ball to go out of bounds on a deflection involving two or more players.
If officials are not sure if a basket was a 2- or 3-pointer, they can signal to the scorer's table to review it on the next media timeout (something the Big Ten did during conference play last season). In the last four minutes of the game and during overtime, officials will check the monitor immediately to determine how many points to award for the field goal.
Officials can also use monitors to determine which player committed a foul after a call has been made. Previously, they could also look at who the free-throw shooter should be.
In addition, officials can use monitors to analyze elbow contact above the shoulders, determining if it is flagrant 2, flagrant 1 or "no call." This change will likely please coaches who felt that the original rule caused too many flagrant foul calls to be called when the actions were inadvertent.
For the women's game, the panel approved a 10-second rule in the backcourt. Previously, there was no limit to the amount of time a team took to bring the ball past midcourt.
On a conference call Monday, the NCAA Playing Rules Oversight Panel approved a change to how the rule will be called, in addition to rule changes involving monitor reviews and elbow swings.
Moving forward, the NCAA says "a defensive player is not permitted to move into the path of an offensive player once he has started his upward motion with the ball to attempt a field goal or pass." If the defensive player is not in legal guarding position by this time, it should be called a blocking foul.
The old rule stated that the defender had to be in legal guarding position by the time the offensive player lifted off the floor.
The men's basketball rules committee believe the new block/charge rule will allow for more offensive freedom, provide clarity for officials in making this difficult call and enhance the balance between offense and defense.
The committee also asked officials to call a set of personal fouls with consistency, hoping to open up the game a bit more and allow for more scoring (on the heels of a historically low-scoring season). Here are the fouls the committee stressed that officials make:
When a defensive player keeps a hand or forearm on an opponent;
When a defensive player puts two hands on an opponent;
When a defensive player continually jabs by extending his arm(s) and placing a hand or forearm on the opponent;
When a player uses an arm bar to impede the progress of an opponent.
Other rule changes apply to both men's and women's basketball, affecting monitor reviews and elbow reviews. During the last two minutes of regulation and overtime, officials can now review shot clock violations as well as who caused the ball to go out of bounds on a deflection involving two or more players.
If officials are not sure if a basket was a 2- or 3-pointer, they can signal to the scorer's table to review it on the next media timeout (something the Big Ten did during conference play last season). In the last four minutes of the game and during overtime, officials will check the monitor immediately to determine how many points to award for the field goal.
Officials can also use monitors to determine which player committed a foul after a call has been made. Previously, they could also look at who the free-throw shooter should be.
In addition, officials can use monitors to analyze elbow contact above the shoulders, determining if it is flagrant 2, flagrant 1 or "no call." This change will likely please coaches who felt that the original rule caused too many flagrant foul calls to be called when the actions were inadvertent.
For the women's game, the panel approved a 10-second rule in the backcourt. Previously, there was no limit to the amount of time a team took to bring the ball past midcourt.
