As someone who genuinely appreciates the use of factual statistics to make a point during a disagreement, I must say that I am impressed that you took the time and effort to scroll through the play-by-play of at least 5 UConn games to come up with the last minute shots you cited. If it had been me in your place, I would’ve let it slide, because I really have other things to do. But to each his own.
Oh by the way, Geno and just about every other coach in basketball expects their team to run their offense and get a shot if there is more than 30 seconds on the clock, regardless of the score. This is particularly true if you have a bunch of bench players who don’t get a lot of PT. Coaches want to see how they execute in game situations. So unless the 3 examples you cited with less than 30 seconds occurred with more time on the shot clock than on the game clock, they are not a valid argument.
The same applies to the shot by Prosper that Blueballer cites with 13 seconds left. Prosper is a reserve and if there was anything less than 13 seconds on the shot clock, I have no problem with her taking a shot at that point of the game.
But I think that we all agree that taking a shot when your team is up big and the game clock is about to run out before the shot clock is just not cool…..unless you’re playing in the NBA in-season tournament and point differential is the tiebreaker.
My final thought. The coolest thing I have seen at the end of games was something Nika Muhl started doing a few years ago, during the last possession when UConn had the game in the bag. She would dribble the ball out towards mid court with time running out. With a few seconds left Nika would place the ball down on the court and walk away. Now that was cool.