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Message: [QUOTE="housekeys, post: 4598704, member: 2379"] Tristan Newton had 6 FTA against the Zags. During the losses @Xavier, @Providence, @Marquette, Newton had a total of 1 FTA. "So what", the BY experts said, it was because we settled for the outside shots and did not drive to the basket. BUT, during those 3 games, Sanogo had 3 FTA total, and his game is all inside. And while the experts can point to high 3pt attempts, well of course. When you drive and are not getting the whistle you may just settle for the outside shots instead. It is clear the officiating was the cause for most of our problems during the losing skid. Dan Hurley cannot say that in public. He has been "dancing around" the officiating issues in all his answers to the "what changed" question. There were strategy changes that did indeed help with the refs. We saw an improvement in results the last part of the season. But the ref problem was still there, and as it happened, UConn could not win the BE tourney (credit to Marquette however, they played a super game). Games are officiated differently in the NCAA's. Not perfectly or better. Just differently. It is the style that is different. Different emphasis, etc. It seems to favor the UConn style more. [/QUOTE]