MEN’S BASKETBALL RULES BOOK RULES CLARIFICATIONS AND REWRITE- RULE 7-4.7 THROUGH .18 – November 15, 2016

Prepared by Art Hyland, Secretary-Rules Editor, NCAA Men’s Basketball Rules Committee

The corrections and revisions of Rule 7 below (noted in red) should be implemented immediately. They should be viewed in connection with Rules 4-27, 8-3.4, 10-1 PENALTY f. and g. and 10-3.1 PENALTY and RESUMPTION OF PLAY.

Art. 7. (Remains the same). After a single technical foul, excluding a contact dead ball technical or a flagrant 2 technical, the ball shall be put back in play at the point of interruption. Art. 8. (Remains the same). After a single contact dead ball technical or a flagrant 2 technical, the ball is awarded to the offended team for a throw-in at the division line on either side of the playing court. Art. 9. (Remains the same). After any double personal or technical fouls committed when there is team control and neither foul is a flagrant foul, play shall resume at the point of interruption. Art. 10. After any double personal or technical fouls or any simultaneous personal or technical fouls when there is team control and only one of the fouls is a flagrant foul, the ball is awarded to the team offended by the flagrant foul for a throw-in at the point of interruption. Art. 11. (Remains the same). After any double personal or technical fouls or any simultaneous personal or technical fouls committed when there is no team control and neither foul is a flagrant foul or contact dead ball technical foul, play shall be resumed at the point of interruption. Art. 12. After any double personal or technical fouls or any simultaneous personal or technical fouls when there is no team control while a try is in flight, and only one of the fouls is a flagrant foul, the ball is awarded to the team offended by the flagrant foul for a throw-in at the point of interruption unless the flagrant foul is a flagrant 2 technical in which case the throw-in shall be at a designated spot at the division line at either side of the playing court. Art. 13. After any double personal or technical fouls or any simultaneous personal or technical fouls when there is no team control (excluding when a try is in flight) and only one of the fouls is a flagrant foul, the ball is awarded to the team offended by the flagrant personal foul for a throw-in at the point of interruption, unless the flagrant foul is a contact dead ball technical foul or flagrant 2 technical foul in which case the throw-in shall be at a designated spot at the division line at either side of the playing court. Art. 14. After a flagrant 1 or 2 personal foul, play shall resume with a throw-in by the offended team from a designated spot nearest to where the foul occurred. (See Rule 7-4.6.a.2) Art. 15. After the administration of the penalty for a personal foul or a technical foul, the penalty for a single flagrant 2 technical foul or a single contact dead ball technical foul shall be administered. The ball shall be put back into play by the team offended by the flagrant 2 or contact dead ball technical foul at a designated spot at the division line at either side of the playing court.

NOTE: Current Articles 15, 16 and 17 become 16, 17 and 18.