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.

Each change or altered segment is identified in the text by a gray shaded background. It is important to note that the reference on the left is from last year’s book. Given the reformatting of this year’s book and the movement of some material, that reference may be meaningless unless the reader has last year’s book. For the reader’s convenience, the reference on the right, which is for this book, includes both the rules reference and the page number.