INDIANAPOLIS — Even though the Marquette Golden Eagles are the visiting team, we’re divulging a scouting secret to help them out:
Do not foul the Butler Bulldogs. Just don’t do it.
Bulldogs, the same applies to you. Do not foul Marquette.
OK, no one likes to witness college basketball games degenerate into free throw shooting contests. Yet neither Butler nor Marquette would necessarily mind it. The Bulldogs are shooting at their most accurate rate in a decade, and they lead the Big East in that category. Three of their four Big East victories can directly be traced to free throws.