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[QUOTE="oldude, post: 2822114, member: 7511"]
The study indicates that historically black colleges are whistled for 1.5 more fouls per game over a 10 year period, but there is no discussion of potential contributing factors or whether 1.5 fouls per game is statistically significant.

Historically black colleges do not get anywhere near the same level of talent as the top WBB programs in the country, and they don’t have the financial resources to hire the top coaches either.  These programs do a wonderful job, but when a school like Howard steps on the floor against MD, they are severely overmatched in terms of size, athleticism and coaching.

So here’s a couple of hypothesis.  Historically dominant WBB teams commit fewer fouls than historically weaker teams.  Teams with size and athleticism commit fewer fouls than teams without size and athleticism.  Teams with experienced, well paid coaches commit fewer fouls than teams that don’t have similar resources.

This article brings to mind the quote, “There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies and statistics.”
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