On the subject of the WCC, earlier today, San Francisco (KP #28, at-large hopeful) was playing an awful Portland (KP #226) team away, and struggled. However, with 10 seconds left, up 2, and Portland having the ball, they opted to intentionally foul a Portland player to give them a 1 and 1. Portland made the first and missed the second, USF player was fouled and hit 2 shots with 2 seconds left, and the game was over.
Interesting strategy that worked out for them. Fouling up 2 with limited time remaining potentially guarantees you the ball with either the lead or the chance at the last shot, whereas letting them shoot gives them the last shot with a chance to hit a 3 and win it. Risk of fouling gives them the opportunity to get their own rebound off a FT miss, steal the inbounds off a FT make in a tie game, or any host of other smaller likelihood events. Not sure I'd ever suggest it, but it was a textbook scenario of that strategy working in the winning team's favor.