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[QUOTE="CL82, post: 4459674, member: 44"]
I would somewhat agree with you if this were grade school rec basketball game, but even then, not that much.  What kids want to do is play penalizing them for excellence, which seem a counter incentive, no?

There are a whole lot of things that can be learned in a game setting that you may not appreciate. How do you different lineups work together? How well have players learned different sets? If you watch our games a lot, and I know you do, you probably realize that when there is a significant margin of victory, we tend to stop fast breaking and run half court sets. These are opportunities to teach and learn against Division I players who are different than the ones we practice against every day.

Now, I haven’t looked, but I have a sense that the number of times we are 30 or 40 points ahead and it isn’t the last couple of minutes of a game is probably less than you think. If you’re interested, go take a look.

I know you are a big fan, as am I, so we may just have to agree to disagree on this.  Happy to talk about it more if you’d like to though.
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