Or ... not:

Recommendations regarding defense under the basket and substitute free throw shooters for injured players have been made by the NCAA’s Men’s and Women’s Basketball Rules Committee. The recommendation on play under the basket won’t call for a restricted-area arc painted in the lane as the NBA has, but it prohibits a secondary defender from establishing position in the area from the front of the rim to the front of the backboard. A defender must establish position outside that area to draw a charge or player-control foul.

This is sort of a small rule change -- there are no clock issues being visited, no instant replay changes being made -- but it's an important one. College basketball has slightly suffered from the under-the-rim charge takers in recent years, and referees, though seemingly cautious about not giving up too much contact under the rim, are still charged (pun unintended; it's just too early to use a thesaurus) with calling it. Now? No more.

One conference this might automatically benefit: The Big Ten. Rarely does play seem more stodgy and physical than in the Big Ten. That's all well and good -- not everybody likes fast-paced, lithe basketball. But a rule change that encourages physical, burly teams to take fewer charges under the basket, where the defensive play has really already been lost, should be a good thing.

Oh, and also: Thank goodness the NCAA isn't doing that pockmarked semicircle under the hoop, like the NBA has. Functionality aside, that thing's just unsightly.

The other rule change the NCAA rules committee recommended? When a free throw shooter is injured, the opposing coach gets to choose the team's shooter, instead of the team's own coach. Seems fair, I suppose. I can get behind this. It might affect one or two games a year, but I can get behind this.

Related: Big Ten Basketball, College Basketball Generalities