Can't miss the front end of 1-1's in tight games on the road - really came to haunt us. Aside from that, We had no answer for DAngelo Russell - he is sick
OSU - FT's
- Thread starter glenboiler
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Purdue had 23 fouls, OSU had 18. The FT disparity comes from when and where the fouls are committed. Many of OSU's fouls seemed to be non-shooting fouls, where Purdue was committing fouls when OSU was shooting. Maybe that observation is wrong, but watching the game it did not seem the calls were one-way. You can also point out fouls that weren't called, but those go both ways. At the end, if we make our free throws, including the front-ends of 1 & 1s, we don't lose the games. Multiple missed front ends midway through the second half when OSU was rallying killed us, they would have helped hold off the run.
The only issue I had with the FTs is allowing a freshman to throw his head back and refs are dumb enough to call it. Do I think there was enough contact on RD's drive near the end for a foul, no. However, a very similar drive at the other end was called a foul just a few possessions earlier, but that was Russell. It's either a foul or it isn't. Refs need to quit being a part of building certain players up due to the hype surrounding said players. Call what you see, consistently.
