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[QUOTE="FfldCntyFan, post: 4542042, member: 71"]
Back to the topic, I would wager that Newton had the ball in his hands for a lower percentage of time on the court than any other game this year.  I also believe that this was entirely by design as the staff was concerned with Dawes and how Newton would have been able to handle running the offense with Dawes defending him.

How well we do in the tournament will depend almost entirely on matchups.  The wrong opponent, one with small, quick, physical guards can give us trouble, even if it is a school capable of no more than a double digit seed.  The right matchup, even if it is an opponent many view capable of winning it all, could end up looking like any of our non-conference opponents looked against us.

Newton is tall and thin for a PG, both to extremes in comparison to what we are used to.  In the right situation he can do things as well as any player we've had (two triple doubles in one season is no small feat) but in the wrong one he could be invisible.
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