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Change to legal guarding position recommended for men’s basketball – NCAA.org
Media Center Greg Johnson
The NCAA Men’s Basketball Rules Committee on Friday proposed a rules change for the 2023-24 season to the legal guarding position on block/charge scenarios involving defenders around the basket.
Under the recommendation, a defender would have to be in position to draw a charge at the time an offensive player plants his foot to go airborne to attempt a field goal. If the defender arrives after the offensive player plants a foot to launch toward the basket, officials would be instructed to call a block when contact occurs between the two players.
A secondary defender still would have to be outside the restricted-area arc to legally draw a charge.
Currently, defenders must be in position to draw a charge before the offensive player goes airborne.
All rules proposals must be approved by the NCAA Playing Rules Oversight Panel, which is scheduled to discuss men’s basketball recommendations via a virtual call June 8.
Rules committee members made the proposal after receiving feedback from the membership that too many charges are being called on these types of plays. Through the years, block/charge calls have been among the toughest for officials to judge.
The rules committee thinks the change would give officials more time to officiate these plays.
"Our goal is to try to reduce the number of charges that are called," said Rick Barnes, the committee chair and coach at Tennessee. "We want to give more time to the offensive player to adjust to defensive player movement and reduce the hard collisions that are taking place."
The rules committee also approved experimental rules for the 2023-24 season:
Note: The experimental rules for the NIT must be approved by the NIT Board.
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