Memphis newspaper provides facts

From the game story is today’s Memphis paper…emphasis added by me. The “screwed up Memphis fans” (they know who they are) can continue believing whatever conspiracy theory they want.

Commercial Appeal

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“I know you think I’m going to say the officials because they shot 35 free throws and we only shot 15,” Calipari said with a smile. “But I’m not going to say that.”

Lutz had his own theory about the discrepancy in free-throw attempts, and why Memphis was called for 23 fouls compared to Charlotte’s 17.

“It shows we’re taking it to the basket, and it shows the intensity we’re playing with,” he said. “It’s not just tonight. It’s always like that. We always make more free throws than our opponents attempt.”

[SIZE=4]The statistics back Lutz’s claim. [/SIZE]

Coming into the game, the 49ers had made 397 free throws. Their opponents had only attempted 368. So this was actually just par for the Charlotte course.

[SIZE=4]“They out-toughed us,” Washington said [/SIZE]while explaining his theory on the loss. “They were just tougher than us in certain parts.”