Refs

[BFieldHusky]

In going back to rewatch the game, specifically the 2nd half, I noticed something interesting trends. At the 14:00 minute mark in the 2nd half, Maryland picked up its 4th team foul. They later picked up their 5th team foul at the 10:00 minute mark. They didn't pick up their 6th team foul until 25 seconds or so were left in the game when they started fouling UConn intentionally. While this was all going on, UConn was called for 7 fouls.

Now, I really don't have a problem with a lot of the calls that went against Uconn during that time, because of the way the news rules are set up, Napier's joke technical foul not withstanding. Even Napier's 5th, while a bang bang play, was a block.

What I have a problem with, is watching Uconn get held on the offensive end by Maryland. Uconn did take a lot of jump shots during that stretch, but they also went to the basket enough times. With the new rules being in place, I find it very hard to believe a team could go almost 10 minutes without committing a foul, and almost 14 minutes with only committing one.

Is this the only reason Maryland was able to trim a 17 point deficit down to 1? No, UConn turned the ball over, missed shots, and didn't play great defense. But it certainly helped having a 28-13 advantage in FTs, especially with UConn only getting to the line 4 times in the 2nd half.

 

[willie99]

we shot better from behind the arc and made more 3's, we shot better from in front of the arc and made more 2's, we had more assists & fewer turnovers, we had a ton more steals and blocked several shots to their none.

I thought we won the battle of the boards too, but the box score says it was a draw

there are only two stats missing, what are they?

fouls and free throws, yep, they owned us on the free throw line

not only the Bazz T, there were some ticky tack fouls called on us, while they get to bang us when we're driving. typical game vs an ACC team

the game was not officiated fair and balanced

 

[BoatShow]

I only saw the first half because that was when we left my buddy's for the football game but one call really stuck with me. Nolan getting a board by purely outleaping a Maryland boxout with no contact and getting hit with an over the back. New rules suuuuck.

 

[Gurleyman]

I only saw the first half because that was when we left my buddy's for the football game but one call really stuck with me. Nolan getting a board by purely outleaping a Maryland boxout with no contact and getting hit with an over the back. New rules suuuuck.

Nolan was screwed a bit yesterday. There was that one, the guy jumping into him while he was perfectly vertical, and I think the third foul he got was iffy too. His fourth was legit when he hacked after getting beat on a spin move, but he had been relegated to bench duty at that point.

 

[caw]

Maryland wasn't holding as much as slapping at the ball when UConns player got past them. Got the arm a few times with no calls. It was like the refs were so focused on the hand checking they were missing the slapping.

 

[Husky68]

Follow the money.