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Big Ten sends reminder after flagrant fouls abound

By Andy Katz

Monday, February 2, 2009

Last week, Wisconsin's Joe Krabbenhoft set a pick Purdue's Lewis Jackson didn't see, and the result was a concussion for Jackson. The play, which wasn't called a foul, prompted the Big Ten to ensure that its officials understand the need to look for any inadvertent elbows. The Big Ten's reminder to look for flagrant fouls and to use the monitor as necessary after the call to ensure a flagrant foul and possible ejection was reinforced by a memo sent out by the NCAA's coordinator of officials, ...

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