2019 NIT Experimental Rules

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Experimental Rules to be used at 2019 NIT – ncaa.com press release – February 22, 2019

2019 National Invitation Tournament Experimental Rules

On February 22, 2019, the NCAA announced a set of experimental rules that it will use in the 2019 NIT. The following rules were also used in the 2018 NIT:

• The three-point line will be moved to the FIBA standard of 6.75 metres (22 ft 2 in). When the arc approaches the sideline, it will change to a line parallel to and 1.02 metres (3 ft 4 in) from the sideline.

• The free-throw lane will be widened from the current college standard of 12 feet to the NBA standard of 16 feet.

• After an offensive rebound, the shot clock will reset to 20 seconds instead of the current NCAA standard of 30.

A set of rules relating to free throws that had been used in the 2017 NIT will be used again in the 2019 edition, with one modification:

• Team foul counts, for purposes of determining bonus free throws, reset to zero at the 10-minute mark of each half, effectively dividing the game into quarters for that purpose.

• The "one-and-one" will be eliminated. All bonus free throw situations will result in two free throws for the non-fouled team. This mirrors current practice in NCAA women's basketball, which has been played in quarters since the 2015–16 season.

• Teams will enter the bonus upon the fifth team foul in each 10-minute segment.

• The team foul count will reset to zero at the start of any overtime period. Teams will enter the bonus upon the fourth team foul in an overtime period.

• In a completely new feature, the NCAA will adopt the NBA's bonus rule regarding team fouls in the last 2 minutes of any period. Teams will enter the bonus on the second team foul in the last 2 minutes of a 10-minute segment or overtime period, regardless of the total team foul count at that point of the period.

NIT will again use experimental rules in 2019 – Yahoo! – February 23, 2019

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The probability of there being no Big East teams in the 2019 NIT field is zero.

History of the NIT and the NCAA Tournament - HLOH thread – 23 posts dated July 24, 2017 to June 3, 2018

[mpwalsh8]

I don’t care for the free throw rules at all. I like that teams have to make the front end of a 1-and-1. At least they didn’t add the rule to advance the ball to half court after a time out, I hate that rule in the NBA. I am ok with wider lane and longer three point line but I don’t think any of the other changes make the game “better”.

[billyjack]

I definitely like pushing the 3-point line back. I've been babbling about that for years.
Currently at 20'-9".
FIBA/WNBA is 22'-2".
So 17 inches deeper.
I think it's a big improvement.

Yeah, i agree with mpwalsh. I don't want to lose the one-and-one. I don't understand the push to essentially go to quarters, except for the reason that "everyone else does it".

[stever20]

I definitely like pushing the 3-point line back. I've been babbling about that for years.
Currently at 20'-9".
FIBA/WNBA is 22'-2".
So 17 inches deeper.
I think it's a big improvement.

Yeah, i agree with mpwalsh. I don't want to lose the one-and-one. I don't understand the push to essentially go to quarters, except for the reason that "everyone else does it".

Quarters really speeds up the games. Fouls resetting is huge. A team could commit in theory 8 fouls in a half and not give up a single free throw. I mean last night's Marquette/Seton Hall 1st half is a great example. 1st half both teams had 6 team fouls first 10 minutes of the game. In a quarters setting, that 2nd quarter would start fresh and not automatically have free throws.