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Post by doggydaddy on Jan 22, 2021 22:14:03 GMT -5
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Post by huskyharper on Jan 23, 2021 13:59:38 GMT -5
thanks, again, Doggy.
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Post by phil on Jan 23, 2021 18:00:02 GMT -5
Yes I checked out the board. In fairness to some posters, I don't want to tar all of them with the same brush. There are some posters such as Creek dipper who are knowledgeable and usually sensible.
But then there's some others.
I'm not sure which made me laugh more — the fact that the majority of the complaints about reffing disparity were made before tipoff, or the statistical cluelessness of those who complained after the game.
Let's look at the numbers.
Connecticut committed 13 fouls.
Tennessee committed 17 fouls.
I know, there is probably someone from Tennessee who will say "see that proves my point". But remember there were three fouls committed in three seconds
0:17 Foul on Rennia Davis. 66 - 61
0:15 Foul on Jordan Walker. 66 - 61
0:15 Foul on Rae Burrell. 66 - 61
When UConn wasn't in the bonus and Tennessee deliberately fouled to send Connecticut to the foul line. Surely you can't count those as evidence of ref bias, if they had not called those it would've been good for UConn and you'd be screaming. So take away those three, and the aggregate foul counts are 13 and 14 which is statistically about as close to a push as you can get.
I know, some Tennessee fan will say don't look at the foul count look at the free throw shots (and they did). But that just betrays ignorance of basic basketball. not all fouls are equal and good coaches teach players that aggressive defense when coming down the court and trying to set up will sometimes result in a foul, but that just gives them a new possession not a free shot at the basket. Following a jump shooter while they are shooting means they going to go to the line a lot more. Geno is pretty good at helping players understand that. While I haven't checked the stats, I wouldn't be surprised if the foul shot disparity between Connecticut and its opponents was even larger than the foul count. Worth looking up. So if Tennessee chose to file while Connecticut was shooting, how is that the refs fault?
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Post by phil on Jan 23, 2021 18:27:49 GMT -5
Phew! I probably should have checked before going out on a limb but the numbers support me.
Connecticut committed 135 fouls so far this season and opponents committed 179. So opponents commit roughly 1/3 more fouls than UConn commits.
The free-throw attempts are 179 by Connecticut and 102 by opponents. Connecticut shoots 75% more free throws than opponents, and no, not because refs are unfairly biased against UConn, but because Connecticut coaches do a better job of explaining when it's acceptable to commit a foul. Connecticut is far from perfect — we've all seen Geno tearing his hair out when someone commits a foul at the wrong time, but it happens less often than it does for opponents.
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