NCAA approves 30-second shot clock in men's basketball

College basketball men's teams will use a faster shot clock — 30 seconds instead of 35 seconds — and have fewer timeouts, while women's teams will play four 10-minute quarters instead of two 20-minute halves.

All of it became official Monday when the NCAA's Playing Rules Oversight Panel approved a series of changes that everybody hopes will improve the game.

The men's committee had spent months debating how to increase scoring and speed up play.