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Message: [QUOTE="HooperScooper, post: 5148827, member: 10"] [I]Maddox made his fifth 3-pointer in eight attempts to tie the game with 30 seconds left. The Musketeers fouled McNeeley and he made his free throws with 12 seconds to go, and, up by two with nine seconds to go, Jayden Ross picked up an off-ball foul in a bonus situation, sending Maddox to the line to tie it. The foul, while not part of the plan, ended up giving the Huskies the final shot. “We were being overly aggressive trying to blow up screens at the 3-point line, we were not going to allow a 3. We just were going to chase them off the 3-point line and then obviously not foul at the rim. It was not by design,” Hurley admitted, quipping that he should’ve lied as he left the interview room. Boston Celtics head coach Joe Mazzulla, one of the “analytics guys” who would’ve planned to foul in that situation, and a fan of Big East basketball, spoke with Hurley about the play in the coaches’ locker room after the game. “We had that talk with Mazzulla back there, and it’s an interesting analytical thing to do. But that was not even something that we discussed,” Hurley said. “I’m not some analytic genius.”[/I] [/QUOTE]