The Nebraska basketball team left Lincoln Friday morning to begin their nine-day trip to Spain. After a mid-afternoon flight from Omaha to Atlanta, the Huskers will have approximately a three-hour layover in Atlanta before departing for Madrid this evening. The Huskers will fly overnight and arrive Saturday morning (approx. 3 a.m. Lincoln time) and have a short workout to help adjust to the seven-hour time difference.

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McVeigh, who played this summer for the Australian U-19 team at the FIBA U-19 World Championships, mentioned that the 24-second shot clock and the emphasis on traveling calls in the international game are the biggest differences in the style of play. Another distinct difference is on offensive rebounds, as the shot clock resets to 14 seconds as opposed to 30 seconds back in the college game.

“In the international game, when you get an offensive rebound, many times you will kick it back outside for a quick 3-pointer,” McVeigh said. “It changes that aspect of it.”

Two other differences he mentioned is that it only eight seconds to get the ball to half court, and it is two shots after every fifth foul per period, as opposed to one and the bonus after the seventh foul of each half.

RULE	FIBA	NCAA
Duration of Game	Four, 10-minute periods	Two, 20-minute halves
Overtime Duration	5 minutes	5 minutes
Length Of Halftime	15 minutes (2 minutes between periods)	15 minutes
Size of Lane	16’ wide x 19’ long	12′ wide x 19′ long
Charge Area Around Basket	4“ semi-circle	4“ semi-circle
Court Dimensions	91’ 10” long x 49’ 2.5” wide	94’ x 50’
Three-Point FG Distance	22’ 1.7”	20’ 9”
Shot Clock	24 seconds	30 seconds (beginning 15-16)
Shot Clock Reset	FG attempt hits rim. (14 seconds)	FG attempt hits rim (30 seconds)
Back Court Violation	8 seconds	10 seconds
Game Clock Stops After Successful FG	Last two minutes of 4th period and overtime(s)	Last minute of second half and last minute of overtime(s)
Player Foul Limit	5	5
Bonus Free Throw	5th foul per period (two FTs) OT fouls count from last period	7th foul per half (one-and-one) 10th foul per half (two FTs)
Number of Players Permitted on Free Throw Lane	5 (three defensive, two offensive)	5 (three defesive, two offensive)
Timeouts Per Game	2 60-second TO in first half, 3 60- second TO’s in the second half – unused TO’s do not carry over between halves	4 75-second and 2 30-second TO’s per game (non-televised)
Timeouts-Overtime	1 60-second per OT – unused timeouts from regulation do not carry over	1 30-second TO and unused 2nd half 30-second timeouts carry over
Timeouts Called By	Coach only from scorer’s table	Player in game or head coach from court
Jump Ball	Alternating possession	Alternating possession
Legal Alley-Oop	Yes	Yes
Touch Ball On/Above Cylinder	Yes	No
Closely Guarded For 5 Seconds	Yes, within one meter (only while holding the ball)	Yes (while holding/dribbling the ball)
Number of Referees	Two (sometimes three)	Three
Size of Basketball	Maximum Circumference Men:          30”	Maximum Circumference Men: 30″