OT: To Foul or not Oklahoma v Kansas

Submitted by Arlo Pear on
Oklahoma attempted to foul up 3 with 5.4 seconds left and fouled a three point shooter. He makes all three to tie the game. Oklahoma gets lucky with a tip in to win. I guess fouling isn't foolproof either.

mGrowOld

March 7th, 2015 at 7:08 PM ^

Not true.  I claimed it was foolproof and 100% of all team employing the strategy had won their games since basketball was invented.  Imagine my surprise & embarrassment to find out at least ONE team wasnt successful when intentionally fouling.

Who knew?

Avant's Hands

March 7th, 2015 at 6:41 PM ^

Except that he in no way fouled the shooter.



The bigger strategic point today is at what point in the game should you start fouling MSU if you have a deep bench?

bronxblue

March 7th, 2015 at 8:30 PM ^

Well, foul before the guy shoots a 3 is kind of the expectation.  Fouling in the act of shooting a 3 should absolutely never be "the plan."

FGB

March 8th, 2015 at 1:56 AM ^

The OP is setting up a false dichotomy. The actual coaching instruction in question is "when up 3, foul before the guy is shooting a 3."  

Now of course you can still suffer a tie even if you do it correctly if the guy makes one FT, misses the second and they get a put back.

But it's a pretty stupid comment to say "look at these guys who failed to follow the instruction, what a flawed instruction."

SDCran

March 7th, 2015 at 8:43 PM ^

Is to foul while up 2 so they don't hit a 3 to beat you ....or at least that's how Valentine is spinning it to his friends tonight.

JOHNNAVARREISMYHERO

March 8th, 2015 at 5:18 AM ^

The fact that Indiana didn't win after that is amazing.

Who else would you rather have on the line and both free throws looked horredous from Ferrel.  

Indiana will probably miss the tournament because of it and it was handed on a silver platter to them.

 

BlueinOK

March 8th, 2015 at 12:37 AM ^

I don't like fouling up 3 unless it's less than 2 seconds. I've never taught it in my time in coaching. I'd rather defend the 3-point line and force a tough 3. I don't putting the team trailing at the line no matter the score. Keep the time running.




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