User:Marleekochman24/College Basketball

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I am working on the Wikipedia article titled “College Basketball.” The article is pretty well developed, however there are some updates that could be added to make the article more up to date. Some things that I plan on adding are the recent NCAA rules because there is a chart that presents all of the rules added each year, however the recent two years have not been updated or added to at all so that is something I plan on doing. I also plan on adding the recent champions (from the past two years) of the March Madness tournament for both the men's and women's leagues. I may also include the fact that the March Madness tournament was canceled in 2020 because of COVID. I think that adding these details will help to keep researchers aware of recent events that take place in NCAA basketball and any new rules of regulations. Overall, this will make the article stronger and more informative. All of my sources are really good places to get the information on both the rules and the updates of tournament champions.

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* I intend to add this information to the article.

-Following info goes under "NCAA Tournament" section of article:

The cancellation of the tournament, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, led to a lot of uncertainty for the coaches, players, and NCAA as a whole. Many people were very disappointed and had wished it was just delayed, rather than completely being cancelled. Unfortunately, this pandemic really effected the seniors on the teams, considering their last season just got abruptly taken from them. The NCAA did consider granting waivers to the student athletes who participated in winter sports (including basketball) so that they could regain eligibility for the 2021 season. However, many of the seniors were projected to be picked in the NBA draft, so this led to the difficult decision of playing one more year with their college teammates or moving on to the big stage.

In 2021, the tournament was able to take place, and the teams were so ready to be back. Baylor was the Men's 2021 NCAA Champions. In 2022, Kansas won the tournament, defeating North Carolina in the championship. For the women's league, the 2021 champions were Standford, who defeated Arizona in a very close game. In 2022, the women's NCAA champions was South Carolina, defeating UConn in the championship.

-Following info goes under the "Rule Changes" section in the article:

For the 2022 season, there are some new rules that will be implemented. The goal of adding these rules is to make the game, overall, more offensively entertaining and to avoid some foolish behavior that is sometimes present on the court. ￼ The first change is moving the men's college basketball three-point line from twenty feet and nine inches to 22 feet 1.75 inches. The women's line stayed the same distance, meaning there will now be two different lines on the collegiate floors.

Another rule that will be implemented is the clock will change to only 20 seconds on an offensive rebound. The point of this rule change is to increase the tempo of the game and to add more possessions. However, if the ball gets back to the midcourt line, the clock will reset back to 30 seconds. Another interesting rule change is getting rid of flopping. Teams will get one warning, and then the second flop will be a technical foul. This rule change will help to minimize the number of delays during games, due to players faking injuries or foul play. Also, in the 2022 season, more rules are to be implemented on the number of flagrant fouls to eventually lead to an overall cleaner game.