VaBeachOrFan
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(Self-Kick Dept.: Turned off an ugly Louisville-ND game with Cooley fouled out and the 'Ville up 7 with 47 seconds left -- just nanoseconds before Jerian Grant went ballistic and bailed the Irish out! Just shoot me.)
Watching the Wisc-Mich game, though, brought back memories of the flack JB got for not using fouls to give at the end of the Villanova game. To wit:
1. Commentator Dan Dakich couldn't imagine why, with a 3-point lead, 25 seconds left and 3 fouls to give, Bo Rein didn't have his team foul repeatedly to disrupt Michigan and use up clock. Wisc. didn't foul, Michigan held the ball outside and took a last-second three that went in, tieing the game.
2. Then Wisconsin had 2.4 seconds left and Beilein had 2 fouls to give -- and didn't! Brust hits a three and Wisconsin wins.
3. Dakich criticizes both coaches for a stupid move (sound familiar?), but both coaches had answers as to why they didn't foul:
-- (paraphrasing) Rein: We were prepared to foul if and when they drove to the basket, but they never did. Do you want to risk getting an intentional foul called in that situation? How bad is that?
-- (paraphrasing) Beilein: We never got a clean shot at fouling. It was a good inbounds pass that caught Brust in stride for the shot.
So JB isn't alone in deciding not to use fouls to give when he has the lead; he's in good company. It's only a bad decision when you lose.-VBOF
Watching the Wisc-Mich game, though, brought back memories of the flack JB got for not using fouls to give at the end of the Villanova game. To wit:
1. Commentator Dan Dakich couldn't imagine why, with a 3-point lead, 25 seconds left and 3 fouls to give, Bo Rein didn't have his team foul repeatedly to disrupt Michigan and use up clock. Wisc. didn't foul, Michigan held the ball outside and took a last-second three that went in, tieing the game.
2. Then Wisconsin had 2.4 seconds left and Beilein had 2 fouls to give -- and didn't! Brust hits a three and Wisconsin wins.
3. Dakich criticizes both coaches for a stupid move (sound familiar?), but both coaches had answers as to why they didn't foul:
-- (paraphrasing) Rein: We were prepared to foul if and when they drove to the basket, but they never did. Do you want to risk getting an intentional foul called in that situation? How bad is that?
-- (paraphrasing) Beilein: We never got a clean shot at fouling. It was a good inbounds pass that caught Brust in stride for the shot.
So JB isn't alone in deciding not to use fouls to give when he has the lead; he's in good company. It's only a bad decision when you lose.-VBOF