Paul Miller, 10 years later, remembers the fouls, the frustration, the sitting.
He fouled out against Florida State in the 2004 NIT. He fouled out of the season-changing 2006 win over Creighton at Koch Arena.
“I felt like I watched most of that (NIT) game from the bench,” he said.
Fouls and big men.
They seem to be as much a part of college basketball as three-pointers and bracket projections. This season, the Shockers foul too much, at all positions, and coach Gregg Marshall knows some of them are silly fouls. He is also unsure how many are related to an emphasis on cleaning up physical defense by officials.