Notes from the Tournament Final

Writing for NCAA.org, Greg Johnson said this is “non-rules change” year for the committee but that members felt compelled to recommend the change be implemented for 2012-13 because it affects player safety. The change would need to be approved by the playing rules oversight panel, which meets by conference call June 12.
The committee is not opposing on-court advertising but is asking that it be consistent with the court surface.
Most advertising stickers are placed on courts for exempt events or conference tournaments.
“The safety of our student-athletes has to come before anything else,” said John Dunne, the chair of the men’s basketball rules committee and coach at St. Peter’s. “We’re seeing players slip on the non-consistent parts of the floor too many times.
“Sometimes it takes a high-profile event to make a rules change. But we don’t want to sit back and wait for injuries to happen and then pass the rule.”