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MVC Calendar/NCAA Rules Changes

MVC Info.

In the summer of 2013, the NCAA Playing Rules Oversight Panel
approved the following rules changes for men’s basketball:

NCAA Basketball Rules Changes
Block/Charge -- Under the revised block/charge call in men’s
basketball, a defensive player is not permitted to move into
the path of an offensive player once he has started his upward?motion?with?the?ball?to?attempt?a?field?goal?or?pass.?If?
the defensive player is not in legal guarding position by this
time, it is a blocking foul. (Previously, a defender had to be
in legal guarding position when the offensive player lifted off
the floor.)
The NCAA Playing Rules Oversight Panel stressed that the following types of personal fouls should be called consistently:
? •?When?a?defensive?player?keeps?a?hand?or?forearm?on?an?opponent;
? •?When?a?defensive?player?puts?two?hands?on?an?opponent;?
? •?When?a?defensive?player?continually?jabs?by?extending?his?
arm(s) and placing a hand or forearm on the opponent;
? •?When?a?player?uses?an?arm?bar?to?impede?the?progress?of?an?
opponent.
Monitor reviews -- In men’s and women’s basketball, the
panel approved monitor reviews in the last two minutes of
regulation?and?overtime?so?officials?can?look?to?see?if?a?shot?
clock violation occurred and to determine who caused the
ball?to?go?out?of?bounds?on?a?deflection?involving?two?or?
more players.
? •? Additionally,?it?was?approved?that?when?officials?have?a?
question?as?to?whether?a?shot?was?2-point?or?a?3-point?field?
goal, they will be allowed to signal to the scorer’s table that
the play will be reviewed during the next media timeout.
? •? In?the?last?four?minutes?of?the?game?and?the?entire?overtime,?officials?will?go?to?the?monitor?immediately?to?look?
for indisputable evidence as to how many points should be
awarded?for?a?field?goal.
? •? In?both?men’s?and?women’s?basketball,?the?use?of?the?
monitor was approved to determine which player committed
a foul when there is uncertainty after a call has been made.
Previously, officials were only permitted to use the monitor
to determine the free-throw shooter.

2013-14 MVC Championships
Event

Date(s)

Site

Oct. 4-6

Individual Tennis Championship (W)

St. Louis, Mo.

Nov. 2

Cross Country Championship (M/W)

Des Moines, Iowa

Nov. 8-10

Soccer Championship (W)

Evansville, Ind.

Individual Tennis Championship (M)

Des Moines, Iowa

N13-15-17

Soccer Championship (M)

Peoria, Ill.

Nov. 28-30

Volleyball Championship

Wichita, Kan.

Feb. 13-15

Swimming and Diving (W)

Carbondale, Ill.

March 1-2

Indoor Track and Field

Cedar Falls, Iowa

March 6-9

Basketball Championship (M)

St. Louis, Mo.

March 13-16

Basketball Championship (W)

St. Charles, Mo.

April?20-22?

Golf?Championship?(W)?

Springfield,?Ill.

April 25-27

Team Tennis Championship (M/W)

Normal, Ill.

April 28-29

Golf Championship (M)

Silvis, Ill.

May 8-10

Softball Championship

Normal, Ill.

May 16-18

Outdoor Track Championship

Carbondale, Ill.

May 20-24

Baseball Championship

Terre Haute, Ind.

Elbow rules -- In men’s and women’s basketball, panel members approved a tweak to the rules regarding elbow contact
above?the?shoulders.???In?these?circumstances,?officials?may?
use?the?monitor?to?determine?if?a?flagrant?foul?has?been?
committed.
? •? Officials?will?determine?if?the?contact?was?a?flagrant?2,?
flagrant?1,?common?foul?or?no?call.?When?the?officials?use?the?
monitor?to?review?a?situation?that?is?not?called?on?the?floor,?
the?only?options?are?flagrant?2,?flagrant?1?or?no?foul.
? •? In?a?flagrant?1?situation,?the?player?who?was?struck?is?
awarded two free throws and his or her team gets possession of the ball.
? •? In?a?flagrant?2?situation,?free?throws?and?possession?are?
awarded and the player who threw the elbow is ejected from
the game.
The men’s and women’s basketball committees felt the original?intent?of?the?elbow?rules?have?caused?too?many?flagrant?
fouls being called when they weren’t appropriate. The intent
of the elbow rule has always been to protect players and
eliminate the rip move where players were making contact
above?the?shoulders?of?defenders.??By?allowing?officials?to?
review these plays on the monitor, the committees believe it
will?eliminate?the?non-deserving?flagrant?1?fouls?in?particular.

Last year’s MVC Men’s Basketball Championship at Scottrade
Center drew 71,029 fans over four days -- marking the
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