**NCAA proposes some changes to women's hoops

[Jay G. Tate]

I know you all aren't necessarily big into women's hoops, but I always find significant rules legislation worth the time it takes to read.

And so we arrive here: PROPOSED CHANGES TO WOMEN'S HOOPS

• They're going to a four-quarter format. Each quarter will last 10 minutes.
• Teams will hit the bonus after the fifth foul (per quarter).
• During the final 59.9 seconds of final quarter or OT, the offensive team receives a free advancement to the 28-foot mark (ie near the bench). That's a riff off the NBA, which allows some of that stuff.
• Some exceptions to the 10-second backcourt rule.
• Post defenders may use an open hand with a bent elbow or a forearm to the back of an offensive player who has her back to the basket.
  
• Other stuff.

It's all done in the interest of making the game more exciting.

 

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