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Message: [QUOTE="nelsonmuntz, post: 5175297, member: 833"] Anyone who thinks college kids should play a full game and expect them to compete at a high level for the whole game is either trolling or has no idea what they are talking about. NBA teams manage minutes like pitch counts, and even high school coaches track playing time to maintain their top players. Even back in the day, players like El-Amin would take plays off to rest up. NBA players did this all the time before coaches and trainers really started paying attention to minutes played. On top of deteriorating performance from overplaying the talent, fatigue is cumulative, and bad steps or other mistake are more likely when a player is tired than when they are fresh. Or we could do like Auriemma and play one of the greatest players of the last decade in the last minute of a 20+ point blowout, and see where that gets us. [/QUOTE]