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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CINCINNATI, OH – FEBRUARY 28: Head coach Ed Cooley of the Providence Friars argues with referee Jeff Clark in the second half of a game against the Xavier Musketeers at Cintas Center on February 28, 2018 in Cincinnati, Ohio. Xavier won 84-74 to claim the Big East Conference regular season title. (Photo by Joe Robbins/Getty Images) /

Offsite Instant Replay

The NCAA will allow for offsite instant replay this season which, will not take place during non-conference games but will be allowed in conference play to help make the instant replay process more efficient and accurate. This means that fans will be able to see this in action as early as November 5th when the ACC opens the season with conference play. When the NBA made a change to offsite instant replay it “reduced the average time of reviews by more than 50 percent”. If it works as well in college basketball then this is a huge step in helping to reduce the amount of stoppage during play.

Media Timeouts

With the latest rule changes, the NCAA has demonstrated a willingness to reduce the number of stoppages during games. A huge part of this will be media timeouts this season. When there is less than 30 seconds until the next media timeout and a monitor review takes place this will signal the media timeout. This is another huge step in reducing the amount of stoppages during games and for this… thank you NCAA!

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