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This is so subtle and had so little impact on the outcome of a game, but speaks to how completely we were in control of our games throughout the season.
It's the waning moments of the 1st half against Northwestern. Karaban has just hit a 3 to put us up 39-16 with a minute to go.
Northwestern goes uncharacteristically quickly, gets into a 1-on-1 situation in the paint with a bigger guy backing down Karaban and score on a hook shot. The ball goes through the hoop at 0:45. We see Cam pick up the ball and walk vaguely towards the end line at 0:42. The camera cuts to the Northwestern scorer and stays there for several seconds before cutting to their coach for another few seconds. What's going on?
Finally they cut to a shot of Newton, who plucks the ball off the floor in the backcourt at 0:31. The shot clock starts. We hold for the last possession and Diarra draws a foul and shoots FTs at 0:01 for the last action of the half. They tried to go 2-for-1. We negated it by stalling, completely legally, for fifteen seconds. We didn't see exactly what happened, but probably was some combination of walking to the end line, tossing it to the ref and getting it back, and rolling it in bounds as the game clock wound, but the shot clock didn't.
The headiness, confidence, and control that this team exhibited in all aspects of the game, even down to situational clock management, may never be surpassed.
It's the waning moments of the 1st half against Northwestern. Karaban has just hit a 3 to put us up 39-16 with a minute to go.
Northwestern goes uncharacteristically quickly, gets into a 1-on-1 situation in the paint with a bigger guy backing down Karaban and score on a hook shot. The ball goes through the hoop at 0:45. We see Cam pick up the ball and walk vaguely towards the end line at 0:42. The camera cuts to the Northwestern scorer and stays there for several seconds before cutting to their coach for another few seconds. What's going on?
Finally they cut to a shot of Newton, who plucks the ball off the floor in the backcourt at 0:31. The shot clock starts. We hold for the last possession and Diarra draws a foul and shoots FTs at 0:01 for the last action of the half. They tried to go 2-for-1. We negated it by stalling, completely legally, for fifteen seconds. We didn't see exactly what happened, but probably was some combination of walking to the end line, tossing it to the ref and getting it back, and rolling it in bounds as the game clock wound, but the shot clock didn't.
The headiness, confidence, and control that this team exhibited in all aspects of the game, even down to situational clock management, may never be surpassed.
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