BTN.com staff, May 15, 2015
Fans were not shy about expressing their opinions on the slow pace and tempo of men's college basketball games this past season.
Now, it looks like changes are in the works, and college basketball could have a different look next year.
The men's basketball rules committee met on Friday and announced that it would recommend a number of changes in men's college basketball, including shortening the shot clock from 35 seconds to 30.
@Marchmadness, which is the official NCAA March Madness Twitter handle for all things Division I NCAA Men's Basketball, tweeted out the list of proposals on Friday afternoon.
According to @marchmadness, all proposals must be approved by Playing Rules Oversight Panel on June 8 before becoming official.
Check it out here:
#MBBRules Committee proposes changes related to timeouts. pic.twitter.com/qrGYSL8tk7
— NCAA March Madness (@MarchMadnessMBB) May 15, 2015
#MBBRules Committee proposes rules with goal of reducing physicality in the sport. pic.twitter.com/XW0iwZNeCN
— NCAA March Madness (@MarchMadnessMBB) May 15, 2015
#MBBRules Committee proposes reducing shot clock to 30 seconds with eye on increasing possessions and pace of play. pic.twitter.com/o5IgWevUky
— NCAA March Madness (@MarchMadnessMBB) May 15, 2015
Other #MBBRules proposals include eliminating coach-called live ball timeouts and 10 second backcourt timer will not reset with timeout.
— NCAA March Madness (@MarchMadnessMBB) May 15, 2015
More #MBBRules proposals: Hanging on rim technical reduced to 1 shot; elimination of 5-second closely guarded; allow pregame warmup dunking.
— NCAA March Madness (@MarchMadnessMBB) May 15, 2015
Here is the full release on the purposed rule changes from NCAA.com.
