NCAA approves flopping rule for women’s basketball

The NCAA Playing Rules Oversight Panel changed the flopping rule among a set of rule changes to women’s basketball for the 2023-2024 campaign. The change follows the NCAA Women’s Basketball Rules Committee receiving feedback from all three divisions concerned with flopping during the game.

Under the new rule, a warning will be issued on the first offense, with each subsequent offense resulting in a technical foul. All technical foul calls for flopping will add to the team count but will not count toward’s a player’s five fouls leading to disqualification.