[More Cowbell]

I would think that if you watched the game you would have seen that Elkhorn City never went to a intentional foul strategy. There may have been one or two in the final seconds after both teams had subbed but the rest of the discrepancy was all during live game action.

I re-watched it and counted 3 fouls in the last couple minutes that if they weren't intentional, they were at the very least going HARD for a steal. That's 6 free throws, making it 17-3. I also admitted that the technical was a bad call. So that's 15-3 in live action.

Good informational post More Cowbell but I cant see any scenario where it is a 1 point game at the end of 3 and one team wins by 16 when FT attempts are 23-3 in the sond half. Mostly in the 4th. It just does not look good at all especially for home team. Just does not look good. Any independent opinion would agree. No matter what each teams game plan is.

As for the rest of the discrepancy, I will agree that it doesn't look good. When the winning shoots way more free throws than the losing team, it gives the appearance of favoritism.

The thing is, while the box score may look bad, if someone watched the game objectively, they would say that the foul difference was legit. Elkhorn basically stopped taking any shots inside the arc, so they really didn't earn any more than 3 free throws. Valley kept going to the goal and drawing contact. Other than the technical, I did not see any calls that were obviously bad.