Collegiate basketball tends to hold to different rules and regulations than the NBA, but the main facets of the game remains the same. The collegiate game, as opposed to the professional ranks, possesses stricter rules to which the universities, players, and coaches must adhere by. If these entities fail to follow the rules, they stand a good chance of facing harsh punishments. These punishments can range anywhere from fines and player suspensions to probation banning the school from postseason play. Such rules do not exist in professional basketball. Some other differences between collegiate and professional basketball are very obvious while others seem to be more subtle.

One rather large difference between the NBA and NCAA basketball would be the game timing differences. In the NBA, teams play four, twelve-minute quarters, but in the NCAA, players play two, twenty-minute halves. The NBA game lasts forty-eight minutes while a collegiate...