NCAA basketball rules committee recommends implementing charge circle
Recommend
The NCAA Men's Basketball Rules Committee has recommended implementing a charge circle in the lane for competition beginning next season.
The committee made the recommendation on Wednesday. It would not become a rule until approved by the NCAA Playing Rules Oversight Panel, which is scheduled to hold a conference call on June 9.
According to the recommendation, the charge circle would be placed in a semicircle three feet from the center of the basket. The rule would look to avoid incidents such as a defender sliding under an offensive player and taking a charge directly under the basket -- and the committee "considers the matter as a student-athlete safety issue."
Other recommendations of note from the rules committee:
-- A recommendation to change the wording of fouls that are "deemed more severe than a "common" foul.
The terms "Flagrant 1" and "Flagrant 2" will now be used in these situations. A Flagrant 1 foul takes the place of an intentional foul and the Flagrant 2 foul replaces the previous flagrant foul.
-- Monitor reviews:
The committee is recommending that coaches can request a monitor review by officials at any time during a game. An example would be a team being credited for a two-point field goal, when the coach believes the shot was a three-point basket. If the replay shows that the coach was wrong, that team is charged a timeout. If the team has no more timeouts, the team is assessed a technical foul for taking too many timeouts.
The Women's Basketball Rules Committee also recommended adding a restricted-area circle for charge calls. In addition, the women's committee recommended moving back the three-point line in the women's game by one foot.
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