Play-by-Play Theater: consecutive field goals

Welcome back to Play-by-Play Theater, the semi-regular feature where we mine play-by-play data from the past 2+ seasons to discover the wacky things that happen in college hoops. Last week, we beat consecutive fouls to death. Today’s topic was suggested by a reader. Read on… Mr. Pomeroy, The host of a local sports call-in show used an example from the Kentucky-Tennessee women’s game last night to exemplify why he “hated” women’s basketball. At one point in the game, these two top-10 teams combined to miss 26 consecutive shots. He proclaimed that would never happen in a men’s game with two top-10 teams. I agree on the surface, but am curious what the data say. Something similar to the foul analysis you did on the previous play-by-play theater may be interesting. Jeremy Louisville, KY (UK Wildcats fan) Kentucky has some weird laws, but my favorite one is that if you reside in Louisville and are a Kentucky fan, you are required to note this in your...