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[QUOTE="JoePgh, post: 4671898, member: 1131"]
No one seems to have noticed the BIG change in the no-charging "arc", and the elimination of the rule about the "lower defensive box".  These are highly significant changes.

Crunching down the size of the arc so that it only covers the space immediately under the basket means that any defender can assume a legal guarding position a foot away from the basket and take a charge.  Defenders don't have to be nearly as quick and agile as they have had to be to make their defensive stand several feet from the basket to stay out of the arc.  The rule change will probably cut down on the success of penetration-style offense, affecting small quick guards like Aubrey and K. K. Arnold especially.  On the other hand, it will make it harder for defenders like Aaliyah and Ice to accumulate blocking fouls for having their heels inside the arc.

The lower defensive box was the subject of one and a half Boneyard threads when it became an issue during the UConn-Tennessee game.  Now that controversy will no longer exist.
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