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[QUOTE="General20, post: 1674305, member: 724"]
Honestly, I would have to watch the Clemson game again to what happened in that situation because I don't remember the details, but I do remember the Wisconsin game (that loss still bothers me more than any of the others) and the situation does not resemble the UNC game at all.

Against UNC we needed points and our best player had the ball with some space so there is nothing Boeheim could have done to improve on that situation.

Against Wisconsin the game was tied with something like 15 second left.  Boeheim needed to balance the need to score with the need to prevent Wisconsin from getting a good shot at the other end in the event we missed.  It makes sense that he could have helped the team by drawing up a play that more or less should take the correct amount of time to give us a chance of winning while not giving Wisconsin a chance to win.

Long story short, there was something Boeheim could do during the time out to help his team against Wisconsin and there was nothing he could have done to help his team against UNC.

For the record, I am with you.  I think taking the ball to the hoop was the right wrong move, but I bet if pressed Gbinije would tell you that he was having an off shooting night from 3 and seeing a lot of success driving to the basket (and he wouldn't be wrong about that).

The truth is winning was a long shot no matter what happened.  Any important strategy change needed to come before then. You want to be UNC in that situation every time.
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