3 Big East teams in CBS's 10 teams to benefit most from new

[TheHall]

From Jeff Goodman:

"Been told by ESPN research guru @TheRyanFeldman that there were an average of 42 fouls in all games yesterday. Up about 6-7 last year."

https://twitter.com/GoodmanESPN/status/399294673262366720

That would represent an increase of about 14-17% more fouls called per game.

[MUSeashells&Balloons]

Our game was so boring last night because of the new rule. There was a significant lack of energy in the arena because of how slow it was.

[stever20]

wonder how much of that is new rules and how much of that is 1st game of the season.

or if the number compared to was opening day last year.

[TheHall]

Our game was so boring last night because of the new rule. There was a significant lack of energy in the arena because of how slow it was.

I think this rule is revenge for that Butler-Uconn rock fight championship game a couple years ago.

[stever20]

just went thru the 7 box scores last night... avg fouls in the 7 BE games was 51.4. the low was 43 for the Villanova/Lafayette game. The high was 59 for Georgetown/Oregon.

55- Providence
51- St Johns
52- Xavier
53- Marquette
59- Georgetown
43- Villanova
47- Creighton

In DePaul game with 537 to go, 39 fouls so far.

[Bluejay]

Since this thread is about the impact of the new rules on the schools, I'll comment on Creighton.

I think the rules are going to have a negative effect on us, but for a different reason than most schools. We don't generally play in your shorts, overly physical defense, so our defense won't be as negatively impacted as many. Where Creighton will suffer, strangely enough, is on the offensive end. Creighton likes to play somewhere between fast and very fast and score a lot. Offensive flow is more important than it may be in pick and roll systems and every foul call really slows up the action. In the game Friday, Creighton struggled in the periods where there were a lot of fouls and no flow, yet when there were not a lot of foul calls, Creighton had a pair of 16-0 runs.