{"id":427727,"date":"2018-02-19T11:52:35","date_gmt":"2018-02-19T17:52:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/?p=427727"},"modified":"2018-02-19T11:52:35","modified_gmt":"2018-02-19T17:52:35","slug":"press-virginia-leads-to-ugly-basketball","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/press-virginia-leads-to-ugly-basketball\/","title":{"rendered":"Press Virginia leads to ugly basketball"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Bob Huggins coaches a brand of basketball referred to as “Press Virginia.” If you\u2019re a fan of the team you could take that as a compliment that the Mountaineers are always applying pressure on the other team.<\/p>\n

Or you could actually watch a West Virginia game. Then you would see a strategy that would appear to be: We\u2019re going to make this game as ugly and unentertaining as possible and dare the officials to call a foul on every possession as we push and nudge and hack and bother the player with the ball every second.
\nWhen you play that way, much like the great Arkansas teams of Nolan Richardson, the idea is to get away with as many fouls as possible, knowing that the officials don\u2019t want to blow the whistle every possession.<\/p>\n

Then came Saturday\u2019s 77-69 loss to Kansas. West Virginia was called for 26 fouls, while Kansas was called for 14. But the free throw differential was profound. Kansas made 26 of 35. West Virginia made 1 of 2.<\/p>\n

But it\u2019s the laziest complaint in the world to say one team was called for many more fouls therefore the game had to be officiating incorrectly.
\nHuggins was ejected from the game for arguing calls and later said of the difference in free throws, \u201cthat can\u2019t happen. You have no chance to win.\u201d<\/p>\n

But it can happen. It\u2019s as simple as one team committing more fouls that the other.
\nHuggins needs to tighten up and realize that.<\/p>\n

Who do you think needs to Tighten Up? Call in and the best and most entertaining suggestion will win a $25 gift card from Wintzell\u2019s Oyster House.
\nFor Threaded Fasteners, I\u2019m Randy Kennedy with Tighten Up.<\/p>\n\nhttp:\/\/wnsp.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/TightenUp021918.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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