Bison137
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Reg: 01-23-06
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01-09-18 02:58 PM - Post#242813
In response to Bison137
One comment. The Bison committed a defensive blunder at the end of regulation. In the final few seconds, leading by three, they had two opportunities to deliberately foul and send LC to the line for two - one on the rebound and one when LC put the ball to the floor prior to the game-tying three. With time running out, it should be mandatory to foul IF you can make sure it is not a shooting foul from behind the arc. In this case, the foul would have been easy and giving up a possible two free throws would have been far better than giving a good 3-point shooter a chance to tie the game. Don't know if the blame goes to the coaches for not preparing them to foul if the clock got close to zero or if it goes to the players for not doing what they were supposed to do.
Just watched the replay. The Bison defensive blunder was even more egregious than I thought. They had Petrie dribbling the ball with his back to the basket with just over two seconds left. Mandatory to foul him at that point and send him to the line for two shots - trailing by three.
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