How is the new flop rule being called so far? Men's or Women's

[BruisedOrange]

I haven't seen any college games yet. Is anyone seeing an NCAA-wide emphasis on the new rule?

How are the refs doing, making good calls regarding flops vs charging fouls?

I wouldn't want their job for anything. (...not even Vegas bonus money!)

 

[Thunder Good-Oil]

Two of the most difficult calls to make used to be charge/blocks and traveling. So they pretty much got rid of traveling violations. Maybe they’re doing the same with drawing a charge.

 

[KTrain]

I think Flops will be called about like traveling, if you are a high name league star, you get the extra step and you get the benefit of doubt on flops & the no calls.
If you are a role player don't do it.

 

[BruisedOrange]

Hopefully, coaches began this summer instructing their best floppers to not depend on getting that call this year, and those players will retire from acting and just play their opponents, and not the refs.

 

[Col_Cathcart]

I haven’t noticed a real change so far, but it was always called so inconsistently that it’s hard to tell.

 

[cardvolfan]

I’ve been watching closely, and overall, my opinion is that the refs are doing a pretty decent job of not calling a charge unless the defender is unquestionably set.

 

[turbovol]

Two of the most difficult calls to make used to be charge/blocks and traveling. So they pretty much got rid of traveling violations. Maybe they’re doing the same with drawing a charge.

Getting rid of the charge would improve officiating because charging is called WAY too much--and on replay we can usually see that it is really blocking that's occurred. Defenders often step or slide or lean into an opponent driving to the basket at the last second: that is a block and not a charge, but charging traditionally gets called more often than a block. Another issue is that officials sometimes don't get a real good look at the play/foul, and so are half/three-quarters guessing when they make a charge/blocking call.

 

[chuckiepoo]

I’ve been watching closely, and overall, my opinion is that the refs are doing a pretty decent job of not calling a charge unless the defender is unquestionably set.

Tiny Edie Darby drew one against FAMU. Unquestionably set.

 

[cardvolfan]

Tiny Edie Darby drew one against FAMU. Unquestionably set.

Yeah, I did see one a couple of nights ago that was terrible.

 

[PandamoniumReigns]

That dude from Arky a couple seasons ago was worst flopper I've ever seen. Jaylin something. It's pathetic that flopping is rewarded

 

[omghulkhands]

I never felt flopping was all that bad in college to begin with.

 

[BruisedOrange]

It always seemed to me that the best/most egregious floppers were the more physical teams, not the finesse teams. The Laimbeer-era Detroit Pistons would be a good example.

I noticed several exaggerated reactions to minimal contact by Wisconsin players in the first 6 or so minutes of our game. But when they couldn't get the call, they settled into playing straight up basketball.