Foul Count.

[JRutledge]

I know the NCAA on both men's and women's sides cracked down on off ball fouls and some on ball fouls as POE, but I do not recall NF making any kind of distiction. As a matter of fact I do not believe that "rough play" was a POE for the first time in years. Now I was at some of my officials association meetings and a couple of them played the tapes for the NCAA and gave us a heads up in that direction.

Originally posted by BigDave
It is a POE this year for us to "get everything". It is no secret that players are bigger, stronger and more physical. They are playing harder than ever, therefore, there are gonna be more fouls.

I just try to call what I see and let the numbers fall where they may. If one team is aggressive and plays a tight D and the other is a zone D team, the fouls are gonna be lopsided. Out of our control.

I do agree though, that we are definitely calling more fouls these days.