I have noticed that they are not calling a lot of pretty blatant fouls during the games this year.
What is worse is when they all of the sudden call something really ticky-tack and you just go... "wtf?"
If I remember correctly, when we played Wisconsin, White was tackled out of bounds and they did not call it. Then the following play they called something really ticky-tack against us and Fran was ****** and you could read his lips saying something along the lines of "What about the one down there?" as he points to where White was tackled, "you don't call that one but you call this?!"
I wish they would tighten it up a little bit more because I think it is going to hurt B1G teams during the NCAA tourny when there will be some pretty tightly called games.
Don't get me wrong though, I am a fan of letting the defense be physical when it comes to using their body. I hate when they call blocking fouls when the guy with the ball is just barreling down the lane, completely out of control, with this head down and he runs into the defender.
I just don't like how they allow guys to completely hack and slap people on the arm. I even hate when they allow hand-checking. Defense should be able moving your feet and using your body... Hand-checking is just a cheap way to slow down the person you are guarding. If you are a good defender you shouldn't have to use your hands to stay in front of/on your man.