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EPISODE · Mar 2, 2026 · 39 MIN

Basketball fouls explained for noobs

from SportSense · host Cooper and James Epps

This week starts our prep series for 2026’s March Madness tournament—the pinnacle of college basketball if you haven’t heard!! We start off by clearing up one of the most confusing parts of the game as a new viewer: FOULS.00:00 Intro02:19 WTF NFL fans?08:20 breaking the rules in basketball!09:30 what's a personal foul?15:08 what are team fouls?19:27 spectrum of bad to really bad fouls29:53 difference between fouls and "violations"35:20 refs are a special kind of peopleThis is the sports show for noobs who don’t want to keep up with sports but wanna know what’s going on! Follow along to hear the biggest, most talked about sports news that everyone should know about.Follow SportSense on Instagram, Youtube, and TikTokEmail us questions and stories to [email protected] theme song by Coby Gerstner

This week starts our prep series for 2026’s March Madness tournament—the pinnacle of college basketball if you haven’t heard!! We start off by clearing up one of the most confusing parts of the game as a new viewer: FOULS.00:00 Intro02:19 WTF NFL fans?08:20 breaking the rules in basketball!09:30 what's a personal foul?15:08 what are team fouls?19:27 spectrum of bad to really bad fouls29:53 difference between fouls and "violations"35:20 refs are a special kind of peopleThis is the sports show for noobs who don’t want to keep up with sports but wanna know what’s going on! Follow along to hear the biggest, most talked about sports news that everyone should know about.Follow SportSense on Instagram, Youtube, and TikTokEmail us questions and stories to [email protected] theme song by Coby Gerstner

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