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[QUOTE="SWC75, post: 1626051, member: 289"]
There are three things you can look at in a box score that give a vague indication of whether the officiating was off-center. The team that attempts the most two point shots and the team that scored the most points in the paint will normally be the team that is fouled the most. And they will normally get the most free throws per the number of times fouled, (more shooting fouls). We attempted 38 two point shots and scored 32 points in the paint and got fouled 19 times. We went to the line 25 times on those 19 fouls. Wake Forest attempted 23 two point shots and scored 20 points in the paint but got fouled 27 times. They went to the 42 times on those 27 fouls.

The ratio of our two point shots to the times we were fouled was 2.0. With Wake it was 0.9.

The ratio of our points in the paint to times fouled was 1.7. With Wake it was 0.7.

We got 1.3 free throws per times we were fouled. Wake got 1.6.

The stats seem to indicate that the calls favored Wake. But we've had a number of games this year where they favored us and we didn't complain because we won. In this case the team that had those advantages lost and even got blown out, which is a rare thing.
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