Tiller's surgery was actually due to an injury against Texas earlier in the season when Mason fouled him on a layup. He would have had surgery whether he was fouled in the Memphis game or not, but the foul certainly didn't help the injury.
I don't think Mike Anderson meant to make the situation seem fishy. The situation was that Tiller came out of the game and then went right back in after the free throws. I don't doubt that he was injured, but the fact he was back in the game shows you he was likely healthy enough to take the free throws. Instead of a 70% shooter he would have likely been a 60% shooter with a hurt wrist. Just look back when Tiller originally injured it against Texas and he followed that up with hitting one of two free throws. I'm guessing Tiller or Anderson decided to not take the chance against Memphis. I believe this is why they made the rule change. Again, I don't think Anderson was trying to cheat the system, but you can't argue that Tiller likely could have taken the free throws...just not as well as he normally could.
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Originally Posted by Mizzou B-ball fan
Yeah, the Mizzou situation was Tiller, who is actually a good FT shooter. He had surgery to repair that wrist after the season, so he obviously wasn't faking in that instance. Also, Mike Anderson actually brought in a freshman who had a worse FT% than Tiller even though another player on the bench had a better FT%, so it obviously wasn't motivated by statistics.
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