NIT To Feature 30 Second Shot Clock, Wider Restricted Area

[Mavric]

Maybe the Huskers will get to try it out.

 

Men’s basketball teams selected to play in the 2015 Postseason NIT will compete using experimental rules, including a 30-second shot clock and a four-foot restricted-area arc. The rules will be in effect for all 31 games of the tournament.

The shot clock in men’s basketball is now 35 seconds, where it has remained since the 1993-94 season, and the restricted-area arc extends three feet from the center of the basket.

The shot clock is being reduced by five seconds in the 32-team NIT field to see what effect it will have on pace of play and scoring. The restricted-area arc is being extended a foot to determine whether that change reduces the number of collisions under the basket.

The restricted-area arc became a men’s basketball rule in the 2011-12 season. A secondary defender cannot establish initial legal guarding position in the restricted area for the purpose of drawing a charge while defending a player who is in control of the ball -- either dribbling or shooting -- or who has released a pass or shot. When contact occurs within this restricted area under these circumstances, a blocking foul should be called unless the contact is a flagrant foul.

The NCAA Men’s Basketball Rules Committee, which meets May 13-15 in Indianapolis, will collect the information and compare it to data from the 31 games played in the 2013 Postseason NIT, when the block/charge guarding rules were the same as they will be for the 2015 event. Committee members hope to have some initial findings by the 2015 Men’s Final Four, which will be played April 4-6 in Indianapolis.

 

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