17.4.6.4 Discretionary Exemptions. The following may be exempted from an institution's maximum number of contests in basketball each year. An institution may exempt not more than three from this list annually: (Adopted: 4/14/08)

(a) Foreign Team in United States. A contest against a foreign team in the United States played in the facility in which the member institution regularly plays its home contests;

(b) USA Club Team. A contest against a "club" member of USA Basketball played in the facility in which the member institution regularly plays its home contests;

(c) Non-Division II Four-Year Collegiate Institution. An exhibition contest against a non-Division II four-year collegiate institution; or (Revised: 1/14/12 effective 8/1/12)

(d) Scrimmages. A scrimmage with outside competition, provided the scrimmage is conducted without official scoring.