NCAA panel approves addition of coaches’ challenges

The NCAA Playing Rules Oversight Panel approved several proposals on Tuesday that are designed to improve the flow of men’s college basketball games.Arguably the most notable change is the addition of coaches’ challenges.Coaches will now be able to challenge out-of-bounds calls, basket interference/goaltending and whether a secondary defender was in the restricted area at any point in the game.Mirroring challenge rules in the NBA, teams can only challenge if they have a timeout to request a review. If successful, they will earn one additional replay challenge for the remainder of the game. Unsuccessful, and that team will not be able to challenge the rest of that contest.Officials will still be able to initiate video reviews on goaltending and restricted-area plays in the final two minutes of each game. However, out-of-bounds reviews can now be initiated by only a coach’s challenge.

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