I do not advocate UCONN missing any shots.Offensive rebounds are not preferable to making the shot in the first place. This is especially true of missed layups. Unless you mean we should miss layups intentionally. Of course you don't. You make a good point about clock management, but even this is not worth intentionally missing a layup for. This is probably why they don't figure more prominently in Geno's mid- and post-game interviews. He probably thinks it's always better to make the shot than to miss it.
In the “event” they don’t get a layup or short put back, the reset of the shot clock and resetting the offense is very stressful on the opponent.
As always—JMHO