Officials - Areas of emphasis
- Perimeter defense, particularly on the dribbler
- Physicality in post play
- Screening, moving screens
- Blocks/Charges
- Allowing greater freedom of off-ball players
Scoring in the college game dropped to 67.6 points per game last season. Ball State was below the national average at 65.4 per game.
The most significant ruling in quickening the pace of the game is the change in the shot clock to 30 seconds. Teams will also have one fewer timeout to use in the second half of games.
There are some other minor changes, including media timeout structure, that will also help speed the game up.
The Playing Rules Oversight Panel also approved the expansion of the restricted area in the lane from three feet to four feet. The restricted area is the space in which a defender can no longer take a charge under the basket.
This ruling is meant to reduce the number of collisions at the basket.
Officials can now penalize players that "flop," or fake fouls, as it has become a growing issue across all levels of basketball.
Other rule changes include the allowed use of video monitors to review shot clock violations or made shots throughout games, class B technical fouls that will merit one shot, elimination of the five-second closely guarded rule and removing the pre-game prohibition on dunks.
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