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Announcers often make the comment that the player initiated contact to get the foul. How many times do we see a player drive in the lane with no hope of ever making the shot but they do get the foul called which they initiated.
In UD's upset of tOSU the buckeye player drove the lane in the closing seconds knowing he would more than likely not make the shot but drove in head first with Pollad grabing the ball and fortunately no foul was called.
Same is for the womens game too. They all do it. UConn women are one of the few teams taught to avoid contact when one is driving in the lane. Keep hands straight up and do not make contact. Makes sense too, if you stand upright with hands straight up and keep from making contact you are making it hard for the scorer and if they make it so be it.
But if you stand straight up and make contact with the hip you at worse give them a and one if they make it but worse is you now have a foul. Keeping fouls down is paramount to surviving in todays game. In this situation you not only give up the basket anyway but a freebie and a foul against your defending player. Truly believe Geno teaches his players to defend without contact and giving up the extra possible point and a costly foul.
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