Illinois outscored OSU at the foul line by 14 points, won by 8 points. The most efficient place to score is the foul line. Analytics should tell you that you want the advantage of scoring more foul shots than your opponent, and yet here we are year after year, watching OSU foul their opponents and lose at the foul line in close games. I'm not saying that's the only reason they lost, but clearly to me one of the biggest things that needs to change in this program is they need more players who can play defense without fouling, and on the flipside are able to draw contact and convert at the stripe.
