NCAA Men's Tournament Officials (2022)

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by crosscountry55

... 13 of 14 fouls ... 8 of 9 fouls against Baylor.

I hate these number "games". Teams have different styles of offense and defense. Zone defense. Man to man defense. Pressing defense. Half court defense. Slow down offense. Fast break offense. Good defenders. Bad defenders. Ball handlers that are aggressive, some out of control. Ball handlers that are patient. Within the actual game there are ebbs and flows. Teams behind often play differently that teams ahead. Then factor in randomness and luck, good luck, and bad luck; good calls, and bad calls; good no-calls, and bad no-calls.

[bwburke94]

You're right there; the expected ratio of fouls by each team isn't necessarily 50:50. It relies on the game situation and the teams themselves.

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by bwburke94

... the expected ratio of fouls by each team isn't necessarily 50:50.

"Your right coach, I am calling more fouls against your team and fewer fouls against his team because the score is lopsided, you're up 43 to 28, and I have to "even up" the score".

"What do you mean that I don't have to "even up" THOSE numbers?"

"And, by the way, the other team has used more timeouts than you, four to one, so you better call some more timeouts to "even up" the timeouts."

"Count your blessings, you do get two of the next three alternating possession arrows."

[Multiple Sports]

If you go to Jeff Goodman's twitter account, you will see the 36 officials working this weekend.