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NCAA adopts 30-second shot clock and several other rule changes

Drew Franklinby: Drew Franklin05/15/15DrewFranklinKSR
College basketball as we once knew it is no more. Beginning in 2015-16, new rules will change the game by speeding up play with a shortened shot clock and fewer timeouts, among other small tweaks. We're sorry it had to come to this, Big Ten. The NCAA rules committee got together today to vote on rules changes and the most notable of those changes is a 30-second shot clock. College basketball will adopt the 30-second clock next season, chipping away five seconds from the 35-second clock that had been around since 1993. There are also three new changes related to timeouts:

1. Number of timeouts reduced from five to four, with no more than three being carried over into the second half.

2. Stricter enforcement of resumption of play coming out of timeouts and after a player has fouled out.

3. Team timeouts with 30 seconds prior to media timeouts will become media timeouts, with exception of first team timeout in second half.

And new rules to reduce the physicality of the game:

1. Strict enforcement of defensive rules.

2. Providing offensive players same principles of verticality protections as defensive players.

3. Move restricted-area arc out from three to four feet.

Other changes include:

-- Elimination of five-second closely-guarded call

-- Hanging on rim technical foul reduced to one shot

-- Allow pregame warmup dunking

-- 10-second backcourt timer will not reset after timeout

-- Eliminating coach-called live ball timeouts

-- Allow instant replay of shots made after shot clock goes off

All proposed rules must be approved by the Playing Rules Oversight Panel on June 8 before becoming officially official.

One quick question, if I may...

Is it too late to view the replay of a shot made after the shot clock last season? Asking for some friends.

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