Kirk Goldsberry

The game lasted two hours and 54 minutes.

So that's it is a big it's the best place to score on the free throw in the basketball game is the free throw line, according to D. Smith.

So, yeah, like that explains the general scoring uptick since last year.

Is this in like one of the other stats I had in the piece was.

There were just seven teams that committed over 20 fouls per game last year.

This year, 29 teams are doing that.

So everybody's doing that.

And my question to you, Bill, is are these teams suddenly playing more handsy defense or is the rules around contact allowances sort of evolving once again?

Well, I talked to a bunch of coaches about it.

And I think what you just said about the Indiana guards bears repeating.

Because I talked to one coach.

He's like, yeah, every year we all watch the finals.

It's the first time that all the team's coaches sort of watch basketball almost leisurely.

Everybody can watch the finals except for two teams.

And he said, yeah, like...

Everybody saw what Carlisle was doing.

And I think a lot of people did import that into their strategies this season.

So I think that's fair.

The other thing people were telling me is like the league sent around a bunch of points of emphases about, you know, the high five foul that you might have heard about shooting a three point shooter, certain rules around driving offensive players and everything.

And how they're going to be called.