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Message: [QUOTE="boog204, post: 2106771, member: 880"] Wichita did not run anything on the last two possessions. The guard, who hit some ballsy shots, dribbled around looking for a screen while the other three players watched him. That enabled the big (on the last play) to hard hedge and make it impossible to get a shot and on the first play they were in such desperation that they had to force a shot up. I have just never, ever understood why a coach decides, "Ok, last possession to win/tie. Point guard, you dribble in place 35 feet from the hoop for 20 seconds. When the clock hits 10, make something happen!" Why not run your stuff where, you know, 5 people (theoretically) are working in tandem to score. If the offense works and you get a layup with 10 seconds on the clock and give the other team a possession, fine. Now play defense and stop them. How is it "better" to have to rush to make a play with little time on the clock just for the sake of denying the other team a shot to have the ball? It's becoming epidemic and cost three different teams a huge upset (and their season) b/c they took the air out of the ball and tried to run clock on the most important possession of the game. [/QUOTE]