On Collison's foul
It seemed like a silly foul to commit when UCLA point guard Darren Collison reached in and fouled Derrick Rose in the backcourt with 2:53 to play with Memphis up 63-52. But I was sitting directly across from the UCLA bench in the first row, and coach Ben Howland was yelling for the Bruins to foul Rose.
Asked after the game about Collison's fifth foul, Howland said, "I don't remember what happened. What was his fifth foul?"
4 Comments
Leave a comment
About Inside UCLA
This is Brian Dohn's sixth season covering UCLA after spending 4 1/2 years covering the Dodgers for the Daily News and other Los Angeles Newspaper Group papers. He graduated from Rutgers, where the first college football game was played in 1869. Sure, the Scarlet Knights suffered for a long time, but now RU is doing what Jerseyans always thought was possible. Winning at Rutgers also proves winning is possible everywhere else in the nation, so underachieving coaches better be careful. Now, if only men's hoops can turn it around.
Thanks for clearing that up Brian. This whole time I had been thinking that Collison had basically given up in committing that foul.
i dont even know what to make of this, and i cant even barely read it. i dunno id just rather not think of it right now....
And your point is?
I agree with 09bruin - thanks for clearing that up. But the OTHER question I'd like to hear Ben discuss was why he didn't go to using Westbrook on Rose and Luc on CDR earlier when Darren was clearly ineffective. Thanks