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Message: [QUOTE="EastCoast2, post: 2104306, member: 488"] I never bought the "we have more to play for / the other team won't care" theory. These are world class athletes. Basketball players who have spent the majority of their lives working to get to this point, it's their identity. Being jet-lagged and tired from travel is one thing, remember Bacon from FSU yawning at the Dome. Why do fans always underestimate the competitiveness of these players? All of these players were all county/all state/all american players. You don't get this talented and athletic by laying down when you're down 7 points in the first 5 minutes. They're also playing for an at large bid, a better seed, there's always NBA scouts watching, don't you think they'd play 100% at least for scouts even if they were 100% sure they'd lose? [/QUOTE]