Mudville21 wrote:
Rambler303 wrote:
Nate, funny you should mention this. Was listening to the 3 Man Weave podcast today and they stated that there were 10 double digit seeds in the NCAA tourney that were top 40 in 3 pt percentage, including Loyola, and they went 0-10. It was an interesting stat and they concluded that you have to be able to bang in the inside and score down low with power 5 teams and not completely rely on 3 point shooting in order to advance. Looking back at our runs it is true as the final four we were able to use Krut and aundre, and the sweet sixteen Krut carried us down low again. We def need someone that is able to score gritty points inside and match physicality with bigger power 5 teams. Know we are in on just about every transfer, looking forward to see who Drew is able to pull.
I question if that is why the refs are allowing all this contact in the lane. Trying to equalize it so P6 can still win games?
The way these refs are calling (of not calling) these games definitely benefits the strong, athletic teams and punishes the finesse teams relying on the 3. I wouldn't count on this refereeing style to continue in future years though, given all the media blowback. Some of these games are hard to watch.