2011-12 AND 2012-13 MEN'S AND WOMEN'S RULES - NAIA

Men’s Changes for 2012 and 20139
Timeout Administration, 4-57.2. If a team is not ready to play at the second
horn during a timeout, officials are instructed to formally warn that team on the
first offense. On the second and subsequent offenses, the official shall make the ball
ready for play (e.g., put the ball on the floor and begin the count).
Scoring and Timing regulations. 5-13. In summary, permit all games to use
the electronic-media timeout format regardless of whether there is paid advertising
present.
Fouls and Penalties. 10-1.12. A secondary defender as defined in Rule 4-61
cannot establish initial legal guarding position in the restricted area for the purpose
of drawing a player control foul/charge when defending a player who is in control
of the ball (i.e., dribbling or shooting) or who has released the ball for a pass or try.
When illegal contact occurs within this Restricted Area, such contact shall be called
a blocking foul, unless the contact is a flagrant foul.
a. When illegal contact occurs by the offensive player leading with a foot or
unnatural, extended knee, or warding off with the arm, such contact shall
be called a player-control foul.
b. When a player in control of the ball stops continuous movement toward
the basket and then initiates illegal contact with a secondary defender in
the restricted area, this is a player control foul.
Fouls and Penalties. 10-1 Penalty f. Point of interruption for any double
personal fouls or simultaneous personal fouls unless only one of the fouls is a
flagrant foul in which case, play shall be resumed with a throw-in to the offended
team at the point of interruption.
Fouls and Penalties. 10-2.1.b Have the proper game-clock display, red/LED
light and mounted shot clock as in Rules 1-18.3, 1-18.4 and 1-19.3.
Fouls and Penalties. 10-2.2.a Penalty. When there are administrative technical
fouls by both teams for violating 10-2.2.a, the fouls shall offset with no free throws
awarded to either team.
Women’s Changes for 2012 and 2013
Each changed or altered segment is identified in the rules text by a blue shaded
background.
Court and Equipment. 1-3.4. In summary, all shadow lines must be clearly
discernable and distinguishable.
Court and Equipment. 1-6.3. It is highly recommended that the area of the freethrow
lane inside the boundary lines be one color. It is permissible for this area to be
more than one color as long as all required lines in and around the lane are clearly
discernable and distinguishable.
Court and Equipment. 1-7.1. From the center of the basket to the outside edge
of the three-point field-goal line, the line shall be a distance of 20 feet, 9 inches.
Court and Equipment. 1-8. The restricted area arc is a solid single-colored
2-inch line formed by a semicircle measured from the center of the basket to the
outside edge with a radius of 3-feet and extending in a straight line to the front
face of the backboard. This arc must be clearly discernable and distinguishable.