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Message: [QUOTE="JoePgh, post: 4543629, member: 1131"] Don't these 4th-quarter statistics undermine the theory that the UConn team is suffering from "fatigue", either physical or mental? If they are, it would suggest that Villanova and Creighton are even more fatigued by the time the fourth quarter rolls around. That's a good point, and is a correction to my thinking on the subject of comparing shot attempts. It ties in with the fact that one component of a strong offense is getting to the free throw line more than your opponent. That usually occurs if driving to the basket or competing for offensive rebounds is a big part of a team's game. It usually won't occur if jacking up 3-point attempts is the majority of your offense, e.g., Creighton taking 33 3-point shots out of a total of 58 in last week's game against UConn. So when fans of other (often orange-clad) teams point to the number of fouls called on UConn opponents as an indication of biased officiating, it may also just be an indication that UConn is playing a style of offense that is likely to draw fouls on opponents. (In fairness, it should be noted that Geno sometimes makes the same fallacious complaint, as when he protested during the second quarter of the Stanford National Semifinal game last season that the foul calls were disproportionately against UConn.) [/QUOTE]