For the record, the referees who initially called the specific fouls in finals 2 and 3 were not associated with teams 16 or 3937. They didn't talk or consult with anyone outside the referee crew until the score was entered.
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Originally Posted by Navid Shafa
I didn't get to watch as much of Arkansas as I should. Do you know if these fouls were called much in quals? I've been watching a lot of streams the last two weeks and I've seen many teams violate said rule and not get penalized for it...
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Yes, fouls all over the place; I'll do a more thorough analysis later, but from a brief glance at my pages of scorekeeper notes, there were fouls in more than half the matches. The fouls called in the finals were unfortunate but hardly unusual.
Both alliances were under incredible stress. For the red alliance, the result was 16 and 3937 getting hasty and missing lots of shots. For blue, it resulted in committing penalties they might have otherwise been careful to avoid (particularly in match 2).