Post by CrimsonPhantom on May 18, 2016 14:10:49 GMT -7
The NCAA Men’s Basketball Rules Committee on Friday recommended a proposal to allow head coaches to call timeouts while that coach’s team is in the process of inbounding the ball, starting in the 2016-17 season.
Before becoming final, all rules changes must be approved by the NCAA Playing Rules Oversight Panel, which is scheduled to discuss the basketball proposal via conference call June 15.
A rule prohibiting coaches from calling a timeout in live-ball situations went into effect last season, allowing officials to grant only timeouts that were called by players. That rule left coaches unable to call timeouts once the referee began the five-count for the player inbounding the ball to a teammate.
Committee members, who met last week in Indianapolis, discussed the rationale behind last year’s rules change and said it was intended to allow only players to call timeouts while the ball was in play between the lines, especially during scrambles on the floor for a loose ball.
This new proposal would tweak last year’s rule and allow a coach to ask for a timeout if, for example, a player has trouble inbounding the ball and is close to committing a five-second violation.
Before becoming final, all rules changes must be approved by the NCAA Playing Rules Oversight Panel, which is scheduled to discuss the basketball proposal via conference call June 15.
A rule prohibiting coaches from calling a timeout in live-ball situations went into effect last season, allowing officials to grant only timeouts that were called by players. That rule left coaches unable to call timeouts once the referee began the five-count for the player inbounding the ball to a teammate.
Committee members, who met last week in Indianapolis, discussed the rationale behind last year’s rules change and said it was intended to allow only players to call timeouts while the ball was in play between the lines, especially during scrambles on the floor for a loose ball.
This new proposal would tweak last year’s rule and allow a coach to ask for a timeout if, for example, a player has trouble inbounding the ball and is close to committing a five-second violation.
From: www.ncaa.com/news/basketball-men/article/2016-05-18/college-basketball-timeouts-change-recommended-rules