2013-2015 NCAA Men’s and

Women’s Basketball Rule

DifferencesSpring 2014

NCAA Rule Differences- General

Men Women

• Ring testing

• Ball size • 29.5” and 20-22 oz.

• Official’s jurisdiction begins

20 min. before game.

• Shot clock- 35 seconds

• No ring testing

• Ball size 28.5” and 18-20 oz.

• Official’s jurisdiction begins

15 min. before game.

• Shot clock- 30 seconds

NCAA Rule Differences- Uniforms

Men Women

• Do not permit undershirt

sleeves to extend below

the elbow

• Don’t permit

commemorative logos on

socks

• Undershirt sleeves can

extend below the elbow for

compression shirts only

• Permit commemorative

logos on socks

NCAA Rule Differences- Substitutes

Men Women

• Player with a displaced

contact lens or eye

glasses- a ‘reasonable

amount of time ‘used- no

timeout charged

• Player with a

lost/displaced/irritated

contact lens- allow 20

seconds to remedy

situation before player is

instructed to leave the

game- no timeout charged

NCAA Rule Differences- Substitutes

Men

• Opposing coach chooses

free throw shooter from

remaining four players on

the court when an injured

player is unable to shoot

his free throws

Women

• Coach chooses own free

throw shooter when injured

player is unable to attempt

free throws

NCAA Rule Differences- Timeouts

Men

• No similar rule

Women

• Team called timeout 30

seconds BEFORE a media

timeout minute mark and

until that media timeout

occurs will replace that

particular media timeout

(exception- first called

timeout of 2nd period)

NCAA Rule Differences- Violation

Men Women

• Opponents of thrower-in

repeatedly having any part

of their person beyond the

vertical inside edge of the

boundary plane before

that ball has crossed that

boundary = violation;

repeated violations=

technical foul

• Opponents of thrower-in

having any part of their

person beyond the vertical

inside edge of the

boundary plane before that

ball has crossed that

boundary = team warning

followed by a

player/substitute technical

foul

NCAA Rule Differences- Fouls

(block/charge)

Men

• Guarding position-

-defender must establish

initial legal guarding position

before the shooter starts his

upward motion with the ball

Women

• Guarding position

-defender must establish

initial legal guarding position

before the shooter’s feet

leave the floor

NCAA Rule Differences- Fouls

Men Women

• No Lower Defensive box

-Restricted Area in effect at

all times

• Lower Defensive Box

-two tick marks required on

baseline

-Restricted Area in effect

when player with the ball

starts her move from outside

the LDB

-Restricted Area is not in

effect when player with the

ball starts her move from

within the LDB

NCAA Rule Differences- Fouls

Men Women

• Player control foul- by a

player in control

• Player control foul- by a

player in control or by an

airborne shooter

NCAA Rule Differences- Foul Penalty

Men

• Penalty for excessive

timeout:

– Two free throws to offended

team

– No loss of possession

Women

• Penalty for excessive

timeout:

– Two free throws to offended

team

– Loss of possession

NCAA Rule Differences- Foul Penalty

Men Women

Single flagrant and contact

dead ball technical fouls-

resume play with a throw-in

to the offended team at the

division line

• Single flagrant and

administrative technical

foul for excessive timeout

and contact dead ball

technical foul- resume play

with a throw-in to the

offended team at the point

of interruption

NCAA Rule Differences- Technical foulsMen Women

• Team foul totals include

personal and CLASS A

technical fouls only

• Technical fouls:– CLASS A- unsportsmanlike

conduct by a player, substitute, coach or bench personnel

– CLASS B- infraction of rules that neither involves contact with an opponent nor causes contact with an opponent and falls below the limit of an unsportsmanlike act

• Team foul totals include

personal and all technical

fouls except Administrative

• Technical fouls:

– Bench- unsporting conduct of bench personnel

– Player/Substitute- involving

conduct of a player or substitute

– Direct/indirect- technicals

assessed to a coach for his/her

own behaviors or that of his/her

bench personnel

NCAA Rule Differences- Monitor

Men Women

• Cannot review solely for a

flagrant 1 personal but can

come away from another

review with a flagrant 1

personal

• Can review solely for a

flagrant 1 personal