Since Coach BU took Kofi out of the game against Maryland with 2 fouls and 10 minutes to go in the first half, I have been looking at analytics and opinions on this strategy. Most coaches take a similar approach on this, making it a normal move in CBB. But, is it the right move? Is the end of the game more important than the earlier part of the game? In removing the player (Kofi), it ensures that what the coach wishes to avoid, the player not playing his regular minutes, is a certainty. Kofi averages 29.6 minutes and 1.9 fouls per game, which comes out to a bit more than one foul per 15 minutes played. There were 30 minutes left in the game, so he would have picked up, on average, 2 more fouls the rest of the game even if he had played the entire 30 minutes left (although he normally averages only 3/4 of the game minutes - he had one additional foul in the second half, ending with 3.) My question: in these days where analytics are being used much more in the NBA and MLB, will they also start to be used in CBB, making coaches less likely to sit a player in the same situation? Or, is it so ingrained in coaching that it will remain? This is just an observation on CBB in general, and I do NOT mean it as a criticism of Coach Underwood - I'm all in on the BU train.