Rob Demovsky column: Study shows odds favor fouling when leading
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Bill Fenlon was at a high school basketball game last spring on
a recruiting trip and found himself standing next to one of the
most prominent college coaches in the country.  Fenlon, the
coach at DePauw University, a Division III school in
Greencastle, Ind., watched as the final seconds ticked down on a
scenario he has studied over and over. One team was up three
points coming out of a timeout with 10 seconds to play. He
turned to the coach and asked: "Do you foul here?"  The coach
emphatically said: "We never foul."  So as Fenlon and the coach
are chatting, the team with the lead doesn't foul. The other
team makes a 3-pointer to tie and goes on to win in overtime.
And then the coach says to Fenlon: "You're that guy, aren't
you?"  What guy is that, you ask?  He's the guy that more
coaches should listen to when it comes to that end-of-the-game
scenario. About 10 years ago, after Fe