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Message: [QUOTE="RF2044, post: 1240429, member: 40"] You mean those games where we dispatched of Indiana and Marquette, rendering them hapless with incredible defense? Or the Cal game where we didn't quite put them away until the final few minutes? Damn JB for not finding developmental minutes for Cooney, the team's 8th man... In the post-season, most coaches--most notably K and JB, who are the two most winning coaches in NCAA history--restrict their bench. There's no tomorrow in a single elimination tournament--you go with your best players and ride them. So that example doesn't hold much validity, in my mind. In the main, you're not making a bad point [about an expanded rotation]. I think most fans would prefer JB to use 8 or 9 instead of 7 or 7.5 most years. But your example isn't very compelling in this case. Maybe we don't beat Indiana or Marquette or Cal playing Cooney more, instead of going with the players who'd actually gotten us there. [/QUOTE]