Coach’s challenge, fewer replay reviews coming to college basketball

Mark Whitehead, Terry Oglesby
Expect fewer replay reviews during the 2025-26 college basketball season. (Photo: Orlin Wagner | AP)AP

Major changes are likely coming to the college basketball replay review system, designed to improve the flow of the game and allow coaches to challenge certain calls, the NCAA announced on Friday.

Members of the NCAA basketball rules committees for both the men’s and women’s games are meeting this week in Indianapolis. They’ve proposed several changes that, if adopted by the playing rules oversight panel on June 10, would go into effect for the 2025-26 season.

Andrew Kahn covers University of Michigan athletics for MLive. His primary beats are Michigan football, men's basketball and women's basketball. He joined MLive in 2017 after previously freelancing for The Wall...

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