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Yesterday the NCAA Playing Rules Oversight Panel approved a load of rule changes attempting to accomplish these three things:

1) Improve the pace of play
2) Better balance offense with defense
They believe the game is currently defense heavy. Scoring dropped to 67.6 points per game last year, which was 5 points lower than the year before, and near an all-time low.
3) Reduce the physicality in the sport

With their stated goals in mind, here are is a breakdown of the rule changes that will be implemented in the upcoming 2015-16 basketball season.

30 Second Shot Clock

Back in the 1993-94 season the shot clock was reduced from 45 seconds to 35 seconds. Next season the shot clock will be reduced to 30 seconds.  Now the shot clock will only be 6 seconds away from the NBA’s 24 second shot clock.  This will speed up the pace of the game, but in my opinion will also increase scoring. Teams like UVA, who ranked 348th out of 351 teams in possessions in a game, will be forced to shoot more in a game, and as a result let their opponents shoot more.

Timeouts

  • Teams will have one fewer team timeout (only three can carry over instead of four) in the second half.
  • If a team is taking too long resuming play after a timeout (it doesn’t give an actual time) they will issue a delay-of-game warning when a team does not comply, and a one-shot technical foul on subsequent violations.
  • If a timeout is called within 30 seconds of a media timeout, it will serve as the media timeout.
  • A coach can no longer call a timeout when the ball is live.
  • A team is only allowed 10 TOTAL seconds to advance the ball to the front court (with a few exceptions). It won’t be reset after a stoppage.
  • The amount of time allotted to replace a disqualified player has been reduced from 20 to 15 seconds.

3-foot Arc to 4-foot Arc

The ever so popular restricted-area arc in front of the basket has been expanded one more foot, making it a 4-foot arc.  The NCAA wants to continue to reduce the number of collisions around the hoop.  This was actually tested in the NIT this past post-season, and the number of block/charge plays decreased from 2.77 per game to 1.96 per game.

Other Rules…

  • Refs can now penalize players for faking fouls, though it doesn’t say what the penalty will be.  This should prove interesting.
  • Officials can now use the monitor to review a potential shot clock violation on made field goals throughout the entire game. I’m not sure how this will improve the pace of play.
  • Class B technical fouls (hanging on the rim and delaying the resumption of play, for example) will be one-shot technical fouls. Previously, two shots were granted for these.
  • The five-second closely guarded rule while dribbling the ball has been eliminated.  This is just thrown in as a bullet at the bottom of their report.  Am I the only one that thinks this is a BIG deal?
  • Removing the prohibition on dunking in pregame warmups and at halftime. This should increase the entertainment value and people’s promptness in arriving.  Good thinking NCAA.

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carl2591
carl2591
8 years ago

I love the new rules to some degree.. the 30 sec clock will speed up play for sure. Not sure about the faking foul stuff.. going to be hard to monitor but will be entertaining at least. Guess the FLOP will be out now.. good riddance on that.  With media timeout and the amount each team get the last 2 min of play can drag on for 30 real time.. in the last 5 min of game NO media time outs, only coach called ones.  Looking for another good run for the pack.. Too bad for Trevor I wished we… Read more »

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wolfpack74
wolfpack74
8 years ago

This is a bunch of bullshit.  The only way to improve play is to keep good players from leaving early.  All these rule changes are like having the human resource department making technical calls in a business.  It never works.

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Louisville Transfer Guard Mike James is Currently Visiting NC State

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Louisville Transfer Guard Mike James (6’5″/200) is on a visit to NC State currently, according to a source.

Indiana State Transfer Ryan Conwell was on campus last week, but he just committed to Xavier.

From what I hear, the staff preferred James over Connell anyway. A plus with James is he has 2 years of eligibility, whereas Conwell has 1.

News broke about James entering the Transfer Portal back on March 25th, and NC State was quick to reach out. Kevin Keatts and his staff recruited the former 4-star prospect out of high school heavily, but he ultimately chose the Cardinals.

Rivals ranked James as the #71 overall player in the 2021 recruiting class, and ESPN ranked him as the #7 prospect in the state of Florida.

After redshirting his first year in Louisville due to torn achilles, James has been a starter for the Cardinals the past two years. This year, he averaged 12.6 points and 5 rebounds.

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Rivals ranks James as the #77 overall player in the Transfer Portal.

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Louisville Transfer Guard Mike James is a Priority for NC State

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Louisville Transfer Guard Mike James (6’5″/200) is a priority for NC State, according to a source.

News broke about James entering the Transfer Portal back on March 25th, and NC State was quick to reach out. Kevin Keatts and his staff recruited the former 4-star prospect out of high school heavily, but he ultimately chose the Cardinals.

After redshirting his first year in Louisville due to torn achilles, James has been a starter for the Cardinals the past two years.

This past year, James averaged 12.6 points per game (3rd on the team) and 5 rebounds. He’s extremely physical and aggressive, taking 47% of his field goal attempts at the rim (making 46%). As a result, he draws a lot of fouls, ranking 10th in the ACC in Fouls Drawn, and 4th in Free Throw Rate. James made opponents pay this year when they put him on the line, making 81.8% from the charity stripe, which ranked 15th in the ACC.

James shot the ball better as a Redshirt Freshman, than he did this past season. His Effective Field Goal Percentage in 2022-23 was 55.8%, which ranked 19th in the ACC, and his True Shooting Percentage of 59.6% ranked 14th.

He does have the ability to knock down a three, making 34.8% for his career.

NC State already hosted Indiana State Transfer Guard Ryan Conwell last week, and while the Wolfpack coaches like both players, from what I’m hearing, James would be their preference.

NC State hasn’t had James in for a visit, but that could happen soon.

James has 2 years of eligibility remaining.

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NC State’s Casey Morsell is the 4th Player in NCAA History to Start 41 Games in a Season

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NC State Guard Casey Morsell started 41 games for the Wolfpack this season, becoming the 4th player in NCAA history to do so.

 

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Prior to this season, the record for most games started in a single season in NC State history was 37, with three Wolfpack players doing so: Lorenzo Brown, Richard Howell, CJ Williams.

Morsell now sits atop the list, and a fellow teammate, DJ Burns ranks second, with 40 games started this season.

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Georgetown Transfer Dontrez Styles Commits to NC State!

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Georgetown Forward Transfer Dontrez Styles (6’6″/212) has committed to NC State!

Styles was the 2nd leading scorer for Georgetown this season, averaging 12.8 points per game, while grabbing 5.8 boards. He shot 36.8% from three.

Originally, Sytles was a consensus 4-Star prospect in UNC’s 2021 recruiting class. 247Sports ranked him as the #62 overall player nationally, and the #2 player in the state of North Carolina, playing for Kinston High School.

After two seasons with the Tar Heels, Styles entered the Portal, and took an Official Visit to NC State and Georgetown, and ultimately chose the Hoyas.

ON3 ranks Styles as the #104 overall player in the Portal.

With his final year of eligibility, Styles’ made the right choice this time.

NC State now has 2 scholarships remaining after Styles’ commitment.

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