Connecticut head coach Geno Auriemma is obsessed with teaching his players how to be aggressive without fouling. Photo: Jessica Hill/Associated PressBelieve it or not, there is a proven strategy for beating the top-ranked juggernaut that is the University of Connecticut women’s basketball team. “We have to constantly be on the lookout” for foul trouble, Auriemma said in a recent interview. Since 2007-2008, Connecticut’s average fouls per game in the regular season is 12.6, and 12.1 in the postseason. The Wolverines, who were sixth in the country in fouls per game, lost to Oregon 69-68 on Thursday night.

Source: Wall Street Journal March 24, 2017 15:00 UTC