No complaints except...

[OrlandoCuse]

Younger guys should have gotten more run. Up 20 with 5 minutes to go and half of your front court in foul trouble is more than enough reason to put in the frosh for some PT vs. a quality opponent.

Good thing half the ACC stinks so they will get some playing time over the course of the year.

 

[orangefan13]

Coaches choice, he knows whats best.

Ennis with 17,8assists,7rebounds and 4steals. Next highest in rebounds was Fair with 4.
More fouls then minutes in the game 42.

 

[OttoinGrotto]

Agreed. Let the kids play!

 

[sufandu]

I said the same thing. Don't necessarily empty the bench, but put one in and see what happens. If we maintain the lead, put another one in with 3 to go.

 

[Madbiker]

Would have been nice if JB had put in Patterson with 3-4 minutes left. We were up 18-20. It would have meant a lot to Patterson after the way Crean screwed him out of a scholie.

 

[jekelish]

Agreed. Let the kids play!

It had to be done:

 

[OttoMets]

Younger guys should have gotten more run. Up 20 with 5 minutes to go and half of your front court in foul trouble is more than enough reason to put in the frosh for some PT vs. a quality opponent.

Good thing half the ACC stinks so they will get some playing time over the course of the year.

Couldn't agree more - especially with the Patterson situation.

And then sending the guys to the scorer's table with 2:11, not calling timeout, having them come in at :54 on a dead ball, and finally making them run out the clock without getting off a shot?

Not cool.

 

[iommi]

It had to be done:

I have a Tanner Boyle throwback jersey. First movie was great, an all time classic. Breaking Training was a guilty pleasure, plus I saw it in the movies! I prefer to believe the other BNB movies don't even exist.

 

[Ghost]

Couldn't agree more - especially with the Patterson situation.

And then sending the guys to the scorer's table with 2:11, not calling timeout, having them come in at :54 on a dead ball, and finally making them run out the clock without getting off a shot?

Not cool.

Yeah, I would like to have seen Patterson get some run.

I think if IU wasn't pressing maybe we would have seen them earlier - who knows though. JB has some odd tendencies when it comes to clearing the bench.

 

[HarrisonJBounel]

FT's regressed to the mean. 15 for 25. Gotta bitch about something.

 

[RF2044]

FT's regressed to the mean. 15 for 25. Gotta bitch about something.

Yeah. Definitely an issue tonight.

 

[jdubs30]

I see what you're saying..but let's face it..these are 8 regardless. Whether we're playing VaTech in February or in the Elite 8, JB has made it clear who his 8 players are. Giving Roberson or BJ PT right now in garbage doesn't really do anything for anyone. I love the potential of our freshman, but if any of them are playing meaningful PT it's because we're in serious trouble

 

[Oakland]

I see what you're saying..but let's face it..these are 8 regardless. Whether we're playing VaTech in February or in the Elite 8, JB has made it clear who his 8 players are. Giving Roberson or BJ PT right now in garbage doesn't really do anything for anyone. I love the potential of our freshman, but if any of them are playing meaningful PT it's because we're in serious trouble

Good job of hitting the nail on its head - this was not meaningful PT, therefore give Patterson (espeically because of the IU background) and Roberson some run with 3 or 4 minutes left and up 20. It could have been 3-4 minutes earlier, but JB was giving Silent G some experience in a 3 guard set. The problem for me is that JB almost never uses this type of opportunity to develop the deep bench.