"The following basketball contests (games or scrimmages) are permitted prior to the first contest dates specified under Bylaw 17.5.3:

"(a) Practice Scrimmages. Informal practice scrimmages with outside competition, provided they are conducted in privacy without publicity or official scoring.  Individuals other than athletics department staff members and those necessary to conduct a basketball practice scrimmage against outside competition may not be present during such a scrimmage.  The institution shall ensure that the scrimmage is free from public view;"

[Remainder of 17.5.3.1 unchanged.]

"The following basketball contests each year may be exempted from a member institution's maximum number of contests:

[17.5.5.3.1-(a) through 17.5.5.3.1-(h) unchanged.]

"(i) Practice Scrimmage. An informal practice scrimmage with outside competition, provided it is conducted in privacy without official scoring. Individuals other than athletics department staff members and those necessary to conduct a basketball practice scrimmage against outside competition may not be present during such a scrimmage.  The institution shall ensure that the scrimmage is free from public view.  In women's basketball, an institution may play two practice scrimmages during any year it does not use either of the exemptions set forth in Bylaw 17.5.5.3.1-(f) or 17.5.5.3.1-(g) or may play one practice scrimmage and either one exhibition contest against a foreign team in the United States or one exhibition contest against a "club" member of USA Basketball.  In men's basketball, an institution may play two practice scrimmages during any year it does not use the exemption set forth in Bylaw 17.5.5.3.1-(h), or may play one practice scrimmage and one exhibition contest against a non-NCAA Division I four-year collegiate institution."