NCAA Basketball: How the latest rule changes will impact 2019-20 season

CHARLOTTE, NC - MARCH 20: A general view of the court before the game between the Georgia Bulldogs and Michigan State Spartans during the second round of the 2015 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament at Time Warner Cable Arena on March 20, 2015 in Charlotte, North Carolina. (Photo by Grant Halverson/Getty Images) /

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NEW YORK, NY – MARCH 01: Brad Davison #34 of the Wisconsin Badgers celebrates the win over the Maryland Terrapins during the second round of the Big Ten Basketball Tournament at Madison Square Garden on March 1, 2018 in New York City. (Photo by Elsa/Getty Images) /

Derogatory Language

The NCAA is making an addition to what constitutes as a Class A (unsportsmanlike conduct) technical and its kinda a head-scratcher that this wasn’t already part of the rules. The rule states that any player or bench personal that makes personal comments/attacks “relating to race, ethnicity, national origin, religion, gender, gender expression, gender identity, sexual orientation, or disability during the game“ will be given a Class A technical. Regardless of whether or not this was already part of the rules, I’m sure that referees were already assessing Technical Fouls for this violation.

Flopping

Players flopping has been a problem for college basketball for years now and it looks like the NCAA will finally crack down on players acting skills. Starting this season, players can now be given a Class B technical (technical foul that results in only 1 free throw) for flopping or exaggerating a foul. Each team will be given one team warning before the refs will start giving technical fouls.

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