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Having recorded both Final Four games in DVR, I just went back and reviewed the widely criticized, first two fouls on Emeka Okafor.

Foul #1 - 16:51 remaining 1st half
Williams has inside position and goes up for the robound on his own missed shot.
Williams gains possession and as he's coming down, Okafor comes acrossed his left arm and clearly fouls Williams, negating Williams' advantageous inside position and forcing the ball OOB.
The C, Hall, calls the foul.
Jim Calhoun is 4 feet out on the floor and goes trotting up the sideline, prompting a warning from Hall.

Foul #2 - 16:05 remaining 1st half
Luol Deng rebounds his own missed shot.
After he jumps toward the basket, attempting his shot, Okafor moves underneath him, fouls him and prevents the shot from scoring.
While Okafor maintains his verticality and does not foul with his hands, he moves in and clearly blocks Deng's path to the basket after he is airborne.
The L, Hillary calls the foul.
As Hall is standing in the lane, waiting for Hillary to report the foul, Okafor yells over and over again, "What the f**k!?!"
Calhoun stood, facing the press table, yelling at a member of the NCAA Basketball Committee about the calls.

Summary - 3 thoughts
1- Okafor's inability to box out the Duke big men resulted in him picking up both fouls.
2 - My guess is the fact that this was a national semifinal game is the only thing that prevented Okafor from picking up a technical foul, his 3rd foul of the game.
3- How any unbiased person can look at either play and not realize these are fouls is absolutely ridiculous.

Now, I await the biased, invalid, laymen remarks from all the fanboys out there.