Even though I picked Stanford to knock off the Jayhawks, I definitely would have believed you if you’d told me Kansas rolled to a win. I definitely would not have believed you, however, if you would have told me one of the best teams in America at drawing fouls took just 11 free throws. However, that’s exactly what happened.
Some of it was, of course, that Kansas couldn’t commit too many fouls due to the lack of big man depth, but Kansas still defended well without fouling. About the only thing Stanford did even reasonably well was hit the offensive glass, rebounding 35 percent of their misses.