A change to the legal guarding position on block/charge scenarios involving defenders around the basket may be coming to NCAA men’s basketball next season, as the Basketball Rules Committee proposed the recommendation Friday. Here’s what you need to know:
The proposed change requires a defender to be in position “to draw a charge at the time an offensive player plants his foot to go airborne to attempt a field goal,” per the NCAA.
Under the recommendation, “If the defender arrives after the offensive player plants a foot to launch toward the basket, officials would be instructed to call a block when contact occurs between the two players.” To legally draw a charge, a secondary defender still has to be outside the restricted-area arc.
The proposal arose in response to feedback from teams that “too many charges are being called on these types of plays.”