New Rule in NCAA Basketball

[collegehoopjunkie]

Say bye bye to the falling-out-of-bounds timeout

http://cbs.sportsline.com/collegebasketball/story/9419700

[BradleyBrave]

Thank God.

[BUBraves06]

I don't understand why most people dislike this rule. I see it as a total hustle play, and if you can control the ball, and gather urself enough to call a timeout while falling out of bounds, then I think that's a pretty good play. I don't mind it at all.

[MacabreMob]

Finally!

[BradleyBrave]

I don't understand why most people dislike this rule. I see it as a total hustle play, and if you can control the ball, and gather urself enough to call a timeout while falling out of bounds, then I think that's a pretty good play. I don't mind it at all.

Why should you get possession when you're falling out of bounds and not in any control whatsoever?

FWIW - I am guessing they're more concerned with the mid-air-flying-into-the-3rd-row timeouts than the both-feet-established-inbounds-and-merely-falling-out-of-bounds timeouts.

[New Guy]

I agree with this rule change. It should bring back the exciting save to a teammate or the bounce it off the other team play. The last few years players seem to default to the time out instead of trying to make a play. I always hate watching a TV game and the first play off a time out is another time out because of an out of bounds time out call. Then you get 3 more beer commercials.

[tornado]

NCAA has officially acted to make the "airborne time out" illegal.

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2006/basketball/ncaa/05/31/bc.ncaarules.ap/index.html

[Roll with the Funches]

I like the rules change as well because it will lead to more opportunities to peg the ball at the opponent.