NCAA Men’s Basketball Rules Committee Proposes Expanded Video Replay Review

The NCAA Men’s Basketball Rules Committee has proposed expanding video replay review to include whether a player’s foot was inbounds when releasing a shot as time expires. This change aims to provide officials with another tool to get the call right.

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Currently, officials cannot review whether a player’s foot was out of bounds prior to releasing a shot before time expires unless an out-of-bounds call was made by an official on the floor during live play. The proposed change would allow officials to review the play and determine if the player’s foot was inbounds when releasing the shot. If the foot is determined to be out of bounds, officials would put the exact time of the violation on the game clock.

“The review does not add an additional stoppage to the game, as officials will already be at the monitor to review if the shot was released in time,” said Jeff O’Malley, the NCAA secretary-rules editor for men’s basketball. “Furthermore, this change aligns with similar reviews in the NBA and FIBA.”

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In addition to the proposed expansion of video replay review, the committee also recommended a one-game suspension for players, coaches, or bench personnel who make physical contact or threaten referees. The rule book already defines this conduct as anyone who “disrespectfully contacts an official or makes a threat of physical intimidation or harm to include pushing, shoving, spitting, or attempting to make physical contact with an official.”

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Committee members feel that proposing a suspension can help deter such behavior toward officials.

The committee also forwarded an experimental rule for the 2025 NIT that would allow a coach to appeal out-of-bounds calls for video replay review in the last two minutes of games, pending approval from the NIT Board.

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The experimental rule would eliminate the official’s voluntary ability to review out-of-bounds calls on the floor in the last two minutes of the game. Instead, these calls for a video review would be tied to the timeouts a team has remaining. If a team appeals the call and it is overturned, the team making the appeal would retain the timeout. If the review fails, the team making the appeal would lose a timeout.

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If no timeouts remain, coaches could still appeal, but if the appeal fails, they would be assessed an excessive timeout administrative technical, meaning their opponents would shoot two free throws and maintain possession of the ball.

Committee members supported this experimental rule after receiving feedback from the men’s basketball coaching community, which expressed interest in challenging calls using video replay review.

“This is an effort to provide better end-of-game flow,” said Paul Brazeau, the rules committee chair and senior associate commissioner for men’s basketball at the Atlantic Coast Conference. “The committee will examine any improvements that can be offered for the end of game without impacting the competitive environment.”

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