One of the worst timeouts I've seen

[CTBasketball]

Fouling and calling a TO in that situation could have ended poorly. Thankful it did not - it was the wrong move but we got lucky.

 

[imno1]

Whaler11 I admire how sure you believe You are right but the timeout was called ,they got off a poor contested 3 and we won. We don't know what would have happened without the TO. So I don't think it was a terrible time out. I'm no coach but I would have put someone on the inbounder to make his job harder.

 

[Goat]

2.3 seconds, Memphis has starters fouled out who probably were inthe scenario practiced for last second situations, if they tie the players lost to fouls problem favors UConn in OT, the kids on the floor should know not to foul on a 3 point shot, so why call time out? All I got is maybe they needed to be calmed down because they were emotionally vulnerable to "here we lose again" thoughts which Ollie is not going to describe in post game or just maybe there is a player or two who you want to foul if they catch the ball because that player is too good from 3, can't hit 3 free throws or some combination of the above.
Anyway, if Ollie is making some mistakes, I'll live with it. He is recruiting well and there is no other young coach I'd want. From the post-Calhoun wish list, Stevens and Hoiberg are in the NBA and the one left in college, Smart, lost to Ollie this season. I'm OK with KO.

 

[Chin Diesel]

I'm not going through this whole thread but it is very common for coaches to call a timeout to make sure they get their defense set up right.

Ollie used the TO to instruct his players to foul and not let Memphis get off a 3-point shot.


http://www.uconnhuskies.com/sports/m-baskbl/recaps/010916aae.html

“We wanted to foul on the catch. He caught it right at the three and Phil didn’t think he could foul right there but any dribble he was gonna get he was gonna foul with 2.3 seconds. It was a hell of a throw next time we want to get a foul. Glad he missed it.”

 

[whaler11]

Whaler11 I admire how sure you believe You are right but the timeout was called ,they got off a poor contested 3 and we won. We don't know what would have happened without the TO. So I don't think it was a terrible time out. I'm no coach but I would have put someone on the inbounder to make his job harder.

It's probability and good decision making processes.

The fact Memphis didn't score doesn't excuse the decision.

 

[Chief00]

To me the problem is not covering the inbounds pass

 

[Henry]

Sorry if it has been said but why not guard the inbound with under 3 seconds left? Calhoun constantly would not guard the inbound and many times it would bite us in the a**.

 

[breezy]

I avoided the site for a few days afterwards, but I assume it was beaten to death on here that we should have fouled Temple, right?

 

[sledog]

Anyone have an url for a vid of that last play?

 

[4in16]

I avoided the site for a few days afterwards, but I assume it was beaten to death on here that we should have fouled Temple, right?

Yeah, just a bit.