ESPN’s John Gasaway uses statistics to confirm what Anchor of Gold readers have known for a long time: SEC refs, they call more fouls.
Across the sport of basketball, foul rates have been dropping for years. Whether you’re watching Division I, the NBA, the WNBA or all of the above, the story has been essentially the same. You are now seeing fewer fouls being committed than you witnessed early this century.
There is however one prominent exception to this rule. While attempting a normal number of 3s, the SEC has been the most foul-prone major conference in each of the past five seasons.