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Message: [QUOTE="nelsonmuntz, post: 4604773, member: 833"] The game was not particularly physical, but the refs called it super tight. These are two finesse teams that rung up 44 fouls between them in a close game. Williams picked up his third foul with 3 minutes left in the 1st half, Duke leading 34-26. Shavlik Randolph was already in foul trouble. I don't think Calhoun had any choice but to keep Okafor on the bench given how the refs were calling it. It is interesting to watch how differently the refs called games 20 years ago. It was hard to get called for an offensive foul back then, and the refs were letting a lot of travels go, but any contact by the defense got a whistle. Boone and Villanueva were getting great looks inside, although they missed a few bunnies. They played well on both ends in the first half. Armstrong was not great his sophomore year. Taliek was pretty out-of-control the whole first half. [/QUOTE]