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Just to expand on Mike’s thought on the Anya Slams comments and ncsu_kappa’s comment on this page regarding non-shooting fouls. At the start of the second half of the Notre Dame game, State was up by 12. Between the 19:00 minute mark and the 13:00 minute mark, State was whistled for four fouls, three of which were shooting fouls that put ND on the line. During that time , ND tied the game. Over the next seven and a half minutes, ND was call for six fouls, five of which were non-shooting fouls. During that same seven and a half minutes, State was whistled for two fouls, both of which were shooting fouls that again put ND on the line. At that point State was up by six. Over the next six minutes, State had three fouls called against them, all putting ND on the line and one foul was called on ND, and that one foul called on ND the final six minutes put State on the line. End of regulation, we were tied. There were fouls by ND during the final six minutes that went uncalled. The four early fouls against Malik, Cody and Anya could be considered tempo changers for the game. In the first minute of the second half, ND hit a three, and Cody hit a shot and was fouled, hit the free throw, then four fouls were called on State over the next 2 minutes and 52 seconds, an no fouls were called on ND during that same time period. We still had a lead then, but the dynamic of the game had changed.
Yes I am one of the conspiracy people, but after watching this happen time and time again for over 20 years, I have become somewhat jaded. The Wolfpack does not get the calls the other teams do. Just look at the past 3 games:
Free Throws Pers. Fouls
Notre Dame 24 14
NC State 12 20Miami 21 10
NC State 4 20FSU 30 16 (this includes end of game intentional fouls by FSU )
NC State 18 22That is a total of 75 Free throws for our opponents to only 34 for the Pack in the past three games. Opponents were called for only 40 personal fouls while the pack was hit with 62. The Pack is not fouling more than other teams we are just getting called for more, and at times that kill our momentum. This seems to be the trend especially for our bigs. Our bigs get mugged, (last night a guy landed on Anya’s back before one of the dunks) no foul is called and we get called for touches on the other end. I think this team is doing a good job in light of the odds they play against.
