https://www.yahoo.com/sports/news/o...n-choppy-disjointed-title-game-064537595.html
Some selected quotes from the story:
They had all seen that North Carolina center Kennedy Meeks’ right hand was out of bounds when he forced a pivotal held ball with Silas Melson with 49 seconds to go in a one-point game.
All the whistles became impossible to ignore midway through the second half when foul trouble sent both teams’ best big men to the bench. By the time there were eight minutes to go in the game, Meeks had four fouls, as did the Gonzaga frontcourt trio of Przemek Karnowski, Zach Collins and Johnathan Williams.
The barrage of whistles forced Gonzaga to abandon its plan to play 7-foot centers Karnowski and Collins together for long stretches like they did so effectively two nights earlier. The Zags believed that duo gave them the best chance to neutralize a deep, talented North Carolina frontcourt that has gobbled up offensive rebounds at a national-best rate.
Several of the fouls assessed to Collins were especially ticky-tacky, none more so than when he got his fourth jostling for post position away from the ball with more than 15 minutes to go. Collins reentered the game with eight minutes left, but the McDonald’s All-American lasted less than three minutes before being whistled for his fifth and final foul.
Some selected quotes from the story:
They had all seen that North Carolina center Kennedy Meeks’ right hand was out of bounds when he forced a pivotal held ball with Silas Melson with 49 seconds to go in a one-point game.
All the whistles became impossible to ignore midway through the second half when foul trouble sent both teams’ best big men to the bench. By the time there were eight minutes to go in the game, Meeks had four fouls, as did the Gonzaga frontcourt trio of Przemek Karnowski, Zach Collins and Johnathan Williams.
The barrage of whistles forced Gonzaga to abandon its plan to play 7-foot centers Karnowski and Collins together for long stretches like they did so effectively two nights earlier. The Zags believed that duo gave them the best chance to neutralize a deep, talented North Carolina frontcourt that has gobbled up offensive rebounds at a national-best rate.
Several of the fouls assessed to Collins were especially ticky-tacky, none more so than when he got his fourth jostling for post position away from the ball with more than 15 minutes to go. Collins reentered the game with eight minutes left, but the McDonald’s All-American lasted less than three minutes before being whistled for his fifth and final foul.
