It's how Bruce Weber lost Illinois the Natty Title in 05...
Posted on: December 12, 2018 at 16:48:26 CT
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The refs were terrible and had their typical pro-UNC bias.
They immediately called two chippy fouls on James Augustine, the Illini big man. And Weber sat him for the entire half.
UNC jumped to a big lead. Illinois could never quite make it up.
Terrible refs ---- which is typical.
But Weber predictably fell victim to the ole "you have to sit them with two fouls" philosophy.
I've rarely... if ever seen it work.
It backfires just about every time.