Two rules that are being ignored….

Vek96 · Mar 17, 2026

…..really need to be addressed this offseason. Walking and palming. It’s a total joke what the sport has become.
I watch numerous CBB games every week, and I sometimes will mark down every blatant walk not called. A lot of times it will end up being as high as 30.

Palming is probably worse. Players are pretty much allowed to dribble the ball anyway they want to.

I watched a Purdue big man take 7 steps against Michigan Sunday without a single dribble, and laid it in.

This isn’t basketball. Needs to be addressed.

TrueBluePhil · Mar 17, 2026

Vek96 said:
…..really need to be addressed this offseason. Walking and palming. It’s a total joke what the sport has become.
I watch numerous CBB games every week, and I sometimes will mark down every blatant walk not called. A lot of times it will end up being as high as 30.

Palming is probably worse. Players are pretty much allowed to dribble the ball anyway they want to.

I watched a Purdue big man take 7 steps against Michigan Sunday without a single dribble, and laid it in.

This isn’t basketball. Needs to be addressed.

3 second rule needs to addressed also.

Ash Williams · Mar 17, 2026

Just get a few rent-a-mobs and start protesting outside some arenas. I’m not even joking.

Rainmaker · Mar 17, 2026

Vek96 said:
…..really need to be addressed this offseason. Walking and palming. It’s a total joke what the sport has become.
I watch numerous CBB games every week, and I sometimes will mark down every blatant walk not called. A lot of times it will end up being as high as 30.

Palming is probably worse. Players are pretty much allowed to dribble the ball anyway they want to.

I watched a Purdue big man take 7 steps against Michigan Sunday without a single dribble, and laid it in.

This isn’t basketball. Needs to be addressed.

Add in 3 seconds and offense initiated contact on drives to the hoop too IMO. I’ve watched players be in the lane 10 seconds with no call, it was a miracle the refs called the first one all year that I witnessed in the SEC tournament.

Johnnie Africa · Mar 17, 2026

I agree with what’s been posted but also changing the block/charge rule is amazing and I wish they did it 15 years ago with Cals first teams

The_Answer1313_rivals · Mar 17, 2026

Semi related to this maybe but I noticed that we have two teams this season (Purdue and Illinois) with offensive efficiencies over 1.30. From 97 to 2025, only one team (25 Duke) had done that.

So the game is definitely being geared more towards offense lately.

Maybe these two rules being ignored have assisted in that.

gonefishin · Mar 17, 2026

My son is going to be a freshman in high school this year. He goes to trainings for pt guard play, ball handling, etc. sometimes I watch them and think, damn, that is carrying. That is an illegal dribble. That was running with the ball.
The float dribble. The step back. The pocket dribble. The way they are taught to let the ball float while they shift.
It is a different time for sure.

SenseMaker_Cats · Mar 17, 2026

Rainmaker said:
Add in 3 seconds and offense initiated contact on drives to the hoop too IMO. I’ve watched players be in the lane 10 seconds with no call, it was a miracle the refs called the first one all year that I witnessed in the SEC tournament.

There was a play at the end of the half of the Ark/Ole Miss game where the offensive player was crossing half court with the ball, dove left into the defender. Foul called on defense. If that’s truly a foul you wouldn’t be able to run along side someone as they dribble the ball up the court because they could just throw themselves into you.

The_Catfather · Mar 17, 2026

Could you imagine someone like Doug Shows given the authority to make a judgement call on palming, something that happens hundreds of times a game? No thanks.

I'd like to see the ball advanced to halfcourt after a timeout like the NBA. Would make for way more excitement/buzzer-beaters.

Cats_2010 · Mar 17, 2026

Rainmaker said:
Add in 3 seconds and offense initiated contact on drives to the hoop too IMO. I’ve watched players be in the lane 10 seconds with no call, it was a miracle the refs called the first one all year that I witnessed in the SEC tournament.

The way the game is called today it’s virtually impossible to stop a drive to the basket. If you watch boozer it’s all he does unless it’s a 3. You’re not allowed to play defense at all. Offense can bull rush the rim and if you get in their way it’s a foul on you. The backing down a post defender as well. Lower shoulder, boom, lower shoulder boom, if you fall it’s a flop and an ole to the basket for tge offense. They have really allowed the game to be mucked up something horrible.

CrimsonCats_rivals · Mar 17, 2026

I’d add moving screens to the list. The “Gortat screen” where a big man can pretend to be rolling to the basket but is really just becoming a football style lead blocker and bulldozing his man out of the lane is becoming really popular, and literally never gets called as an offensive foul. I just don’t understand how that’s legal.

JonathanW2 · Mar 17, 2026

Add those to the list, which also includes: illegal/moving screens, 3 second lane violation, flopping, offensive player hooking the defender to get past.

I agree with the poster above about offensive players being allowed to bullrush to the basket, with a foul being called on the defender. That one is a rules problem, not an enforcement problem.

MarvinHagler89 · Mar 17, 2026

Ash Williams said:
Just get a few rent-a-mobs and start protesting outside some arenas. I’m not even joking.

Call Antifa, they will protest anything for a quick buck.

UKortho · Mar 17, 2026

The Florida PG (Lee?) palms worse than anyone.

megablue · Mar 17, 2026

Vek96 said:
…..really need to be addressed this offseason. Walking and palming. It’s a total joke what the sport has become.
I watch numerous CBB games every week, and I sometimes will mark down every blatant walk not called. A lot of times it will end up being as high as 30.

Palming is probably worse. Players are pretty much allowed to dribble the ball anyway they want to.

I watched a Purdue big man take 7 steps against Michigan Sunday without a single dribble, and laid it in.

This isn’t basketball. Needs to be addressed.

I agree ... Palming is the worst !!

megablue · Mar 17, 2026

SenseMaker_Cats said:
There was a play at the end of the half of the Ark/Ole Miss game where the offensive player was crossing half court with the ball, dove left into the defender. Foul called on defense. If that’s truly a foul you wouldn’t be able to run along side someone as they dribble the ball up the court because they could just throw themselves into you.

Good point ... but to be fair ... the game has gotten to be almost impossible to officiate.

catfando · Mar 17, 2026

Walking and moving screens are a big problem.

Pidgie · Mar 17, 2026

Vek96 said:
…..really need to be addressed this offseason. Walking and palming. It’s a total joke what the sport has become.
I watch numerous CBB games every week, and I sometimes will mark down every blatant walk not called. A lot of times it will end up being as high as 30.

Palming is probably worse. Players are pretty much allowed to dribble the ball anyway they want to.

I watched a Purdue big man take 7 steps against Michigan Sunday without a single dribble, and laid it in.

This isn’t basketball. Needs to be addressed.

This is part of the problem....this is basketball.....today! What happened to over the back call? What about the reaching foul that reff's used to call....now they call it aggressive defense......the powers that be see all of this.......everything that fans see that is going on with basketball today, was calculated by the money people.....they have decided that this is the product that the fans get to see.........for what ever reason UK has been getting a bad whistle for several years now......

Jamal Mercerr · Mar 17, 2026

If they called palming regularly Oweh would average 17 turnovers per game.

Eastkybball · Mar 17, 2026

Flopping needs to be a tech! Did just forget about it?

Cats_2010 · Mar 17, 2026

UKortho said:
The Florida PG (Lee?) palms worse than anyone.

I’m not sure there’s a guard in today’s game that doesn’t palm. I’ve always said I’d love to transport a ref from my 80’s high school games to today’s game. There would be no scoring at all as it would be one violation after another.

FitchandMurray29 · Mar 17, 2026

The walking due to pivot foot dragging, changing pivot foot’s, etc in the post/on drives is egregious and they’ve lost complete control on those.

JSquad0070 · Mar 17, 2026

SEC refs need mass fired. I watch other conferences and the flow of the game is so much smoother.

Broker · Mar 17, 2026

catfando said:
Walking and moving screens are a big problem.

Biggest problem is allowing an offensive player, usually a big, to slam into a defender to get to the basket and usually ends with a defensive foul called. This shuld be an offensive foul for charging.

jrm693 · Mar 17, 2026

Vek96 said:
…..really need to be addressed this offseason. Walking and palming. It’s a total joke what the sport has become.
I watch numerous CBB games every week, and I sometimes will mark down every blatant walk not called. A lot of times it will end up being as high as 30.

Palming is probably worse. Players are pretty much allowed to dribble the ball anyway they want to.

I watched a Purdue big man take 7 steps against Michigan Sunday without a single dribble, and laid it in.

This isn’t basketball. Needs to be addressed.

The calls I hate most are the ones where a offensive player just runs into the lane falls down and gets awarded free throws, teams have made a living doing that to us, but you see it in every game. I also think they are going overboard on the flagrants, many of them are just pure accidents. If a player slams someone to the ground or viciously hits them in the head that is different, not a basketball play.

smallmouthhog · Mar 17, 2026

Rainmaker said:
Add in 3 seconds and offense initiated contact on drives to the hoop too IMO. I’ve watched players be in the lane 10 seconds with no call, it was a miracle the refs called the first one all year that I witnessed in the SEC tournament.

This is the two biggest imo. Clogging the lane for 10 seconds is clogging things up. And the Vandy player diving into Pringle at half court to end the first half was a terrible call. Dude dove right into him. Foul

SenseMaker_Cats · Mar 17, 2026

jrm693 said:
The calls I hate most are the ones where a offensive player just runs into the lane falls down and gets awarded free throws, teams have made a living doing that to us, but you see it in every game. I also think they are going overboard on the flagrants, many of them are just pure accidents. If a player slams someone to the ground or viciously hits them in the head that is different, not a basketball play.

Agree. When an offensive player “asks for contact” let him get some. Shouldn’t be a foul for a defender to try and actually defend.

Also, I believe others have mentioned. When did they start allowing all the hacking and grabbing? Especially after someone gets a rebound.

UK BasketballFan · Mar 17, 2026

Vek96 said:
…..really need to be addressed this offseason. Walking and palming. It’s a total joke what the sport has become.
I watch numerous CBB games every week, and I sometimes will mark down every blatant walk not called. A lot of times it will end up being as high as 30.

Palming is probably worse. Players are pretty much allowed to dribble the ball anyway they want to.

I watched a Purdue big man take 7 steps against Michigan Sunday without a single dribble, and laid it in.

This isn’t basketball. Needs to be addressed.

All the rules have been changed to help the offense. The scenes that are now legal bothers me the most.

CRZ4UK · Mar 17, 2026

Vek96 said:
…..really need to be addressed this offseason. Walking and palming. It’s a total joke what the sport has become.
I watch numerous CBB games every week, and I sometimes will mark down every blatant walk not called. A lot of times it will end up being as high as 30.

Palming is probably worse. Players are pretty much allowed to dribble the ball anyway they want to.

I watched a Purdue big man take 7 steps against Michigan Sunday without a single dribble, and laid it in.

This isn’t basketball. Needs to be addressed.

The only palm ive seen called all year was on Oweh. Who would have figured?

theBlues · Mar 17, 2026

I started following college basketball in the late '60s when a team would get up 4-2 against UCLA and try to hold the ball the rest of the game for a 4-2 upset so changing rules doesn't bother me at all. I just want them to call it the same way for both teams and call it the same way in the 2nd half as the first half.

Jeff Sykes · Mar 17, 2026

Moving screens. Defensive players are already at a disadvantage so allowing the blatant moving/not set screens is bad. Also the blow to the head flagrant rule needs to be looked at. It is either 100% enforced or you have to make it a intentional blow to the head. Which leaves it up to the refs to make a determination which is why we are where we are with this rule.

UK BasketballFan · Mar 17, 2026

Jeff Sykes said:
Moving screens. Defensive players are already at a disadvantage so allowing the blatant moving/not set screens is bad. Also the blow to the head flagrant rule needs to be looked at. It is either 100% enforced or you have to make it an intentional blow to the head. Which leaves it up to the refs to make a determination which is why we are where we are with this rule.

Bobby Knight’s offense would flourish in today’s game because of the moving screens.

megablue · Mar 17, 2026

Jamal Mercerr said:
If they called palming regularly Oweh would average 17 turnovers per game.

JJ is even worse ... reminds me of Briscoe.

DWDwildcat47 · Mar 17, 2026

When is the last time you saw the 3 second call

gbl97 · Mar 17, 2026

Some observations:
- When there is a screen at the top of the key, the screener then turns and drives/pushes the opposing player down into the lane, forcing the switch. Should be a moving screen.
- The play where a center pretends to post up his man in an effort to keep a shot blocker from helping against the driver. Should be a moving screen.
- On the screen at the top, the screener pivots repeatedly to keep blocking the defender from recovering from the screen. Should be a moving screen.
- If the offensive player initiates contact, it should never be a foul. That alone would cut the fouls in half and speed up the game.
- Flagrant fouls called for inadvertent contact are out of control.
- I do like that they allow the defender to bump the driving player with their chest without calling blocking. That seems new.
- I do like that you no longer see the travel called on every pump fake before a drive. That was horrible. We walked 6 times a game on that call.

carolinacat · Mar 17, 2026

Lots of great examples in this thread. A few years ago many on this board were bitching about excessive player control fouls. As always, the pendulum swings totally in the other direction where it's now virtually impossible to get an offensive charge....I guess defensive players are just supposed to get out of the way and not contest a drive/shot. The lack of enforcement of traveling calls is disgusting. The "step back" three is almost always a travel by rule.

40MinutesofPureHell · Mar 17, 2026

Vek96 said:
…..really need to be addressed this offseason. Walking and palming. It’s a total joke what the sport has become.
I watch numerous CBB games every week, and I sometimes will mark down every blatant walk not called. A lot of times it will end up being as high as 30.

Palming is probably worse. Players are pretty much allowed to dribble the ball anyway they want to.

I watched a Purdue big man take 7 steps against Michigan Sunday without a single dribble, and laid it in.

This isn’t basketball. Needs to be addressed.

CBB just following in the NBA's cultural footsteps. Dribbling and defense are optional. How often has LeBron, throughout his career, just carried the basketball like it was a football as he charged into the paint, with nary a walking whistle to be heard?! lol

wildcatdon · Mar 17, 2026

megablue said:
Good point ... but to be fair ... the game has gotten to be almost impossible to officiate.

And that’s because they are allowing the crap being discussed here instead of playing by the standard rule book that all used to play by. Walking and palming/carrying calls are very easy to make. It’s a joke.

preacherfan · Mar 17, 2026

The one that drives me crazy is the almost automatic call on the defense when someone goes up for a 3. I saw one this past week in which the defender had at least a foot of space between himself and the shooter with every part of his body and they STILL called him for the foul.

One of the announcers just said something like "Let's just move on and not talk about it."

KyKevin · Mar 17, 2026

gonefishin said:
My son is going to be a freshman in high school this year. He goes to trainings for pt guard play, ball handling, etc. sometimes I watch them and think, damn, that is carrying. That is an illegal dribble. That was running with the ball.
The float dribble. The step back. The pocket dribble. The way they are taught to let the ball float while they shift.
It is a different time for sure.

When they started calling it the Euro step instead of walking, I thought damn, I could have been a lot better if I could have walked like that.

Two rules that are being ignored….

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