Men's NCAA Divisions I, II and III Official's Bulletin

Men's Rules Page

 List of 2002-03 Men's Rules Changes
    *** Clarifications to Some of the New Men’s Rules

Supplemental Rule 9, page 20: Forwarded a request to the Division I
Championships/Competition Cabinet, Division II Championships Committee and Division
III Championships Committee that, for 2004-05, schools be required to test their rims for
rebound elasticity once before the season and once before the postseason to ensure that
their rims’ elasticity falls within the accepted limits. Previously, the rule only
recommended this procedure.

Rule 1-15.3: It is no longer necessary to gain the consent of the visiting coach in order to
be able to use a composite ball as the game ball. Previously, mutual consent of the
competing coaches was necessary in order to use such a ball. Rationale: The Division I
Men’s Basketball Committee intends to use a composite ball for the NCAA Division I
tournament starting in 2003.

Rule 2-13.7.e, 4-26.2, 6-3.1, 7-4.1, 7-5.14: The procedure for putting the ball back in
play after a simultaneous personal foul is called when there is team control or when a team
has possession of the ball for a throw-in has been changed. Under the change, after the
fouls have been charged, play shall resume with a throw-in from a designated spot, with
the ball being awarded to that team with no reset of the shot clock. In addition, a
simultaneous personal foul should not be listed under the definition of a common foul.
CLARIFICATION:
Double Foul is between two opponents A1 and B1 at the same time.
Simultaneous Foul is between opponents by each team such as A1 and B1
and A2 and B2 at the same time.
SITUATIONS:
1. A player has control of the ball.                                                                         
2. Team Control:                                                                                         
a. Ball is being passed between teammates.                                                                                                                      
b. Interrupted dribble.                                                                                        
c. Loose ball.                                                                           
3.Throw-in:                                                                                                
a. Ball in the hands of the thrower-in.                                                                 
b. Ball is in the air before it is touched by a player or ball touches a                
   player on the floor .
Rule 4-18.5, 4-18.6, 9-8.1, 9-8.3: The count for a three-second violation will be in effect
during an interrupted dribble. Rationale: This makes officiating consistent for any
three-second violation. Previously, the three-second count stopped during an interrupted
dribble but continued during a loose ball.
Rule 4: Added a definition that an inadvertent whistle occurs anytime an official blows the
whistle as an oversight and does not have a call to make. In such a case, there shall be no
reset of the shot clock and the ball shall be put back into play to the team that was in
control of the ball before the ball became dead by the whistle. The alternating-possession
arrow will be used with a reset when there was no player or team control at the time of the
whistle. When an inadvertent whistle happens during a throw-in, the ball goes back to the
throw-in team at the same designated spot.
CLARIFICATION:
NO RESET AND BALL BACK TO TEAM IN CONTROL:                                                                                                                
1. A player has control of the ball.                                                                         
2. Team Control:                                                                                         
a. Ball is being passed between teammates.                                                                                                                      
b. Interrupted dribble.                                                                                        
c. Loose ball.                                                                           
3.Throw-in:                                                                                                
a. Ball in the hands of the thrower-in.                                                                 
b. Ball is in the air before it is touched by a player or ball touches a                
   player on the floor.
RESET AND THE USE OF THE ALT.- POSSESSION ARROW:                                                          
1.No player control.                                                                                  
2.No team control:                                                                                                    
a. A jump ball.                                                                                                                  
b. A throw-in.                                                                                                 
c. A tapping of a rebound ( unless it is a try for goal).                                                                                                            
d. A try for goal after the ball is in flight.                                                        
e. A dead ball.

Rule 5-9.10: Substitution shall not be allowed when an official stops the game
clock after a successful field goal in the last 59.9 seconds of the second half or the last
59.9 seconds of any extra period when an administrative mistake or inadvertent whistle
occurs. Rationale: By rule, substitutions were allowed in these infrequent situations in
previous years, which the committee felt was not fair.
CLARIFICATION:                                                                                        
Exceptions to this rule includes: Blood, Correctable Error, Injury, or A
Team Calls Timeout.
Rule 8-1.4.a: During free throws, the two lane spaces closest to the free-thrower shall
remain unoccupied. All other rules regarding the free-throw lane remain as is. Rationale:
To reduce the chances for taunting and disconcertion of the free-thrower.

Rule 4-26.9: A team-control foul is a common foul that is committed by a member of a
team that has team control or is in possession of the ball during a throw-in.
SITUATIONS:
1. A player has control of the ball.                                                                         
2. Team Control:                                                                                         
a. Ball is being passed between teammates.                                                                                                                      
b. Interrupted dribble.                                                                                        
c. Loose ball.                                                                           
3.Throw-in:                                                                                                
a. Ball in the hands of the thrower-in.                                                                 
b. Ball is in the air before it is touched by a player or ball touches a                
   player on the floor .

Rule 10-21: The offended player is not awarded any free throws for a player-control foul
or team-control foul or when a foul is committed by the team in possession of the ball
during a throw-in, regardless of whether the offended team is in the bonus. Play is
restarted with a throw-in from a designated spot nearest to where the foul occurred. Such
a foul will continue to count toward disqualification and toward the team foul total.
CLARIFICATION:
SITUATIONS:
1. A player has control of the ball.                                                                         
2. Team Control:                                                                                         
a. Ball is being passed between teammates.                                                                                                                      
b. Interrupted dribble.                                                                                        
c. Loose ball.                                                                           
3.Throw-in:                                                                                                
a. Ball in the hands of the thrower-in.                                                                 
b. Ball is in the air before it is touched by a player or ball touches a                
   player on the floor .