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Originally Posted by Saul Good
Under Anderson's system, the refs don't screw you on the road. They screw the other team when you're at home by not calling 50 reach-in fouls that are legit fouls.
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Truth.
Beakers are the same way. If they're not getting the breaks on the road, it's because the Refs are out to screw them. No, that's not the case, its just that you're not getting the blatant home-cooking you got in Lawrence.
Anderson's teams needed that as well. They hand-checked so much and so blatantly that if a ref had a quick whistle, we were in a ton of trouble.
Once we hit the road, those close calls evaporated and suddenly Pete was in the game threads bitching about how we were getting screwed. Nah, not really (though there is always at least a little home-cooking in college basketball), its just that things were a hell of a lot more evenly officiated than they were at Mizzou Arena.
Haith's squads aren't quite as prone to that and I think it's because of their size; they can body you up if you get past the first line, so they aren't as desperate with the reach-ins.