Tennessee guard Kevin Punter (0) guards against Santa Clara guard Brandon Clark (3). Tennessee won 64-57.KNOXVILLE – Tennessee’s men’s basketball team leads NCAA Division I in one major statistical category.
And it’s a dubious one.
The Volunteers are committing the most fouls per game (26.2) through their first five games of the season, and they’ll hope to hear fewer whistles when Kansas State visits Thompson-Boling Arena today as part of the SEC/Big 12 Challenge.
“It’s hard to limit your fouls when you’re trying to play as aggressive as we are, but we’ve just got to get better at it and continue to practice on keeping our hands away,” freshman forward Jabari McGhee said before Thursday’s practice.
“It’s a fine line between being aggressive and being overaggressive, and we’ve really got to figure out what’s that standard we can go, but we’ll get it together, I’m sure.”