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OFFICIATING CLINICSArt Hyland

Secretary Rules Editor

May 2016 Rules Committee Meeting

A. Non-rules change year.

B. Reports from CCA coordinators and active official.

C. Rules survey.

D. Combined meetings with NABC Board and Division I

Men’s Basketball Oversight Committee.

Rules Committee Action

A. Potential Rules Changes for May 2017.

B. Officiating Directive.

1. Continued improvement in reducing physicality in six

main areas: hand checking/body bumping, post play,

screening, defending players without the ball, rebounding

and offense created contact.

2. Special attention to post play and rebounding situations.

3. Traveling – especially on perimeter and in post.

Rules Committee Action

C. Coaches Calling Timeouts.

1. Not permissible during live ball.

2. Exception: NEW – Throw-in before ball is released.

3. Rationale: ball at far end of court; intent of rule was to eliminate

timeouts when ball is on the court.

D. Restricted Area – Revised Interpretation.

1. Old Rule – Secondary defender may not establish initial legal

guarding position in RA for purpose of drawing a player

control/charging foul regardless of the verticality rule.

Rules Committee Action

2. Restricted Area - NEW INTERPRETATION

a. Legal defensive play when:

1) Secondary defender.

2) Jumps straight up – verticality rule.

3) Attempts to block shot.

4) Not applicable if defender remains grounded.

Rules Committee Action

E. Verticality/Cylinder – Rule 4-38.

1. Verticality applies equally to the offense and defense.

2. Intent is to encourage the defense to back off the offensive player

to allow for increased freedom of movement.

3. Cylinder Dimensions – Buttocks, arms and legs, hands/arms on

front with bent elbows.

Rules Committee Action

E. Verticality/Cylinder – Rule 4-38. (continued)

4. It is a foul to cause illegal contact outside a player’s vertical

cylinder.

5. Offensive player must be given enough space to begin a

“normal basketball play.”

6. Normal basketball play.

a. Shooting.

b. Dribbling.

c. Passing.

Rules Committee Action

E. Verticality/Cylinder – Rule 4-38. (continued)

7. Elbow contact – May not always be an offensive foul.

a. Attempting normal basketball move.

b. Defense invades offense cylinder.

c. Offense moves ball from side to side with ball high

(above shoulders).

d. Offense moves ball from side to side with ball low

(below waist).

e. Ball at chest level – offense at risk for foul for attempting to

clear space and cause illegal contact.

f. Position of offensive player’s forearm – vertical vs.

horizontal.

Review of A.R.s

A.R.126:

Try by A1- ball fails to touch rim/flange - A2 recovers and

shot clock mistakenly reset – after time when original shot

clock should have expired, B1 commits personal foul on A3 –

official recognizes mistake.

Ruling – Put correct time back on game clock, cancel foul,

ball to Team B. (Rule 5-12.4).

Review of A.R.s

A.R. 299:

End of period – A1 fouled in act – game clock expires –

A1 releases ball for successful/unsuccessful try.

1. Successful – instant replay – foul before zeros: penalize

foul - time on game clock when foul occurred - count goal.

2. Unsuccessful – instant replay – foul before zeros -

penalize foul - time on game clock when foul occurred.

Review of A.R.s

A.R. 300:

End of period – A1 fouled in act – shot clock expires –Immediately, A1 releases ball for successful/unsuccessful try and game clock horn sounds.

1. Successful – instant replay – foul before zeros on shot clock - penalize foul - time on game clock when foul occurred - count goal.

2. Unsuccessful – instant replay – foul before zeros on shot clock - penalize foul - time on game clock when foul occurred.