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Message: [QUOTE="gsmooth, post: 4546743, member: 9355"] I like Ed Cooley a lot as well, but his comments didn't sit well with me. A simple look at the box score, not any advanced analytics, and watching the first game at PC, it's easy to see why Hopkins scored so many points: Free throws 13-15. Did you he get fouled some sure, but I can tell you he and Croswell barrel into their defenders and created all the contact and the UConn players got called-it was ridiculous. I was at that game UConn got called for ticky tack stuff when the Friar players would collide with the UConn players and slip to the floor due to the condensation on the court caused by the unusually warm weather in Providence that day. Hopkins is a great player that I respect, but come on Ed, you mean to tell everyone that your players just stopped giving him the ball for no reason and that UConn had nothing to do with it? And Hopkins had zero rebounds. Providence is a very good team that I respect, but the truth is they have not done much away from home court, even the people on Friar Talk forum begrudgingly admit this. I wonder what PC's FTA/FGA ratio is home vs away. For every team it is better at home than away, however I wouldn't be surprised if PC's gap is greater. [/QUOTE]