The NCAA Playing Rules Oversight Panel recently approved five proposals that had been submitted to the committee in early May, the most notable of which is the expansion of the 3-point line to the International Basketball Federation’s (FIBA) standard of 22 feet, 1¾ inches.
The current NCAA 3-point line stands at 20 feet, 9 inches, making the 16¾ inch push backwards a 6.80% increase in distance—a change that had already been implemented in the 2018 and 2019 National Invitational Tournaments (NIT). This adjustment, along with the other landmark proposal of a shot clock reset to 20 seconds after an offensive rebound (down from the full 30 seconds), was implemented in an attempt to see an increase in both offensive spacing and pace of play as the NCAA aims to keep the game contemporary and exciting.