Couple of things to report:
I’m going to end my research for Foul or Defend on high school games.
And, I have filtered out the D-1 games.
Thank God the all-star weekend is over. Now we can down to business.
Final HS stats:
71 situations (reported)
17 times a team fouled.
17 times the team fouling won the game by utilizing the “foul” strategy.
54 times a team defended. (I’m sure this number is higher but it’s difficult to track)
21 times a team gave up a three-point shot.
38% of the teams relying on their defense gave up a three.
D-1 College games through Feb.18, 2013 (despite what Jay Bilas says)
359 situations
24 times a team fouled. 22 of those times the team fouling came away winning the game. (Kent State and NC State fouled. Both teams gave up an offensive rebound on the missed FT but clearly, the officials missed a lane violation in both games)
335 times a team relied on their defense to get the stop.
55 times the offense banged a three to tie the game.
16% success rate.
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I would count Indiana-MSU as a “defend” because they obviously weren’t trying to foul.
You should add Towson-GA State on 2/9 to the list of games in which a team has fouled and ended up going to OT, unless you are skipping it intentionally because they fouled with 7 seconds left.
John,
I have that Towson game in my data – I was waiting to hear back from a coach from Towson just in case they fouled by mistake; that happens from time to time; sorta like last night with IU-MSU.
I will place a call now to their coach.
Thanks