The NCAA Illustrated Men’s and Women’s Basketball Rules is an official publication of the NCAA Men’s and Women’s Basketball Rules Committees.Its purpose is to present the official rules and interpretations in a visual, easily understood form for the official, coach, player and spectator. This book is a supplement to the actual rules book. It should not be used as a primary source for rules.

The NCAA Men’s and Women’s Ice Hockey Rules have been designated as either administrative rules or conduct rules. Typically, administrative rules are those dealing with preparation for the competition. The conduct rules are those that have to do directly with the competition. Rules may not be altered, unless flexibility is indicated in a specific rule.

The rules have been designated as either administrative rules or conduct rules. Typically, administrative rules are those dealing with preparation for the competition. The conduct rules are those that have to do directly with the competition. Rules may not be altered, unless flexibility is indicated in a specific rule. NCAA member institutions are required to conduct their intercollegiate contests according to these rules. The administrative rules indicated in this book are listed below. All other rules deal with the conduct of track and field competition.

The NCAA Men’s and Women’s Skiing Rules have been designated as either conduct rules or administrative rules. Administrative rules are those dealing with preparation for the contest. The conduct rules are those that deal directly with the contest itself. The administrative rules in this book may be altered only as indicated within the rules. No conduct rule may be changed by mutual consent of the competing institutions.

The Points of Emphasis are rules topics that the NCAA Women’s Volleyball Rules Committee feels should be given special attention. These topics may or may not represent rules changes for the current season, but their importance must not be overlooked. When a topic is included in this section, it is because evidence during the previous year(s) shows an inconsistency in administering the area.

Wrestling rules.

Division I Manual from the year 2002-03.

Division II Manual from the year 2002-03.

At its annual meeting March 8-11, 1998, the NCAA Men’s Water Polo Committee voted to adopt FINA/United States Water Polo rules with certain exceptions. NCAA exceptions are indicated in bold. The chart below refers to rule and section, respectively. The major changed segments for 2002-03 are identified in the rules by a screened background.

This review is the first comprehensive evaluation of the federated governance structure since it was implemented five years ago. Information was gathered through interviews (in-person and telephonic) and written surveys. The survey instruments used in this review also provided data that allowed the committee to evaluate other key issues such as the move of the national office to Indianapolis, NCAA core principles, the role of the national-office staff and communication between the Association and its membership.

The information on the following pages outlines NCAA travel policies and procedures for 2001-02. Information on championships traveling parties is outlined in the back of this brochure.

After three years of work by the NCAA Division I Subcommittee on Amateurism and Agents, and numerous opportunities to discuss the amateurism proposals with the membership, it is necessary to provide a definitive philosophical framework in which to evaluate the proposals.

This publication incorporates the final legislative actions taken by the Division I Board of Directors from August 1, 2000, through the Board’s April 2001 meeting. In addition, interpretations identified by the Division I Academics/Eligibility/Compliance Cabinet Subcommittee on Legislative Review/Interpretations are included in the Manual.

The purpose of this guide is to provide assistance to coaches regarding the recent changes in pre-collegiate enrollment amateurism rules, effective for those student-athletes whose initial, fulltime enrollment occurs in any collegiate institution on or after August 1, 2001.