(02-10-2018 07:01 PM)ThreeifbyLightning Wrote:  We had talked about the foul discrepancies at home and on the road a number of times this year and I had mentioned that for whatever reason it doesn't translate to MT when we play at home in spite of the fact that most of the time we are either bigger, more athletic or generally better at putting ourselves in a position to get fouls. Yet the fouls don't come. Do underdogs get the benefit of the doubt in the Murphy Center?

In the last three halves (game vs. Rice and first half vs UNT), the opponents have only been called for 13 fouls (not counting the intentional fouls called at the end of the game. While I expect MT to be called for more fouls the discrepancy even when we are at home is not consistent with what we experience on the road in this league. Any ideas why?

Fouls on Rice/UNT: 13*
Fouls on MT: 29

Free Throws:
Rice/UNT: 35
MT: 9*

No home court advantage there.

*Excludes intentional fouls in the final minute

I obviously haven't seen MT play more than a couple times this year, but you guys are ranked in the bottom 30 in terms of opposition FTA/FGA. So it might just be that you guys play a little handsy on defense, because you're called for a lot of fouls regardless of where you play. The discrepancy in the Rice game is probably expected, although maybe not that extreme, considering Rice is ranked top 65 in FTA/FGA. North Texas is harder to explain because they also commit a ton of fouls.