I've seen them do that before. Instead of taking into actual account when the ref acknowledged the timeout they go back and review and go by the most time possible as it goes through the basket giving the team calling the timeout the benefit of the doubt.
UCLA 95, Illinois 94 OT Postgame
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I just want to know why Z had only 12min of play before OT. That's it. I can understand a lot of what happened, but I just cannot understand that. Made absolutely no sense during the game, still doesn't make sense after the game. I have criticized the coaching staff extremely rarely, but that seemed like an absolutely insane coaching decision. Infuriatingly insane.
It just shows a long standing basketball adage. Teams must play well on both ends of the court. The number 1 offense by metrics could not beat UC:LA tonight.
TheDukeUIUC
- Twin Cities, MN
Our Kenpom Ortg went up further to 132.7. Doesn't feel like it.
Goillinikobd
- Southeastern US
Seed schmeed, this team isn’t going anywhere in April unless we fix stupid problems like this.
JFGsCoffeeMug
BU:1 Trash cans:0
- Chicago
Yeah, we lost the game on that coast-to-coast in OT, but we were also the team that allowed our opponent to go something like 17/19 on their FGAs in the second half. It's pretty hard to win a game when you're providing so little resistance on that side of the ball.
Sure. If you’d like to be disappointed about that inbounds play… I’m all for it. It’s really disappointing.
But those who’d like to act like we don’t have our goals still in front of us are ridiculous.
JMO — I’m not even sure I’m ready to call this game a failure. Again, these were the rebounding stats from this game:
If we rebound with that intensity every game, we’ll win 99% of the time. It’s almost a fact.
All true - but its not the game was scary, we had the wrong defensive approach. UCLA shot 63% after the first 10 minutes and that was the story of the game. And what that showed is that if we don't take the opposition seriously and play defense that shuts them down, we can score 86 points and lose.
The Sprouting Divot
Invisible and Bulletproof
- Miracle Mile
Largest comeback against an AP top 10 team in the history of the poll (1949).
Goillinikobd
- Southeastern US
I only watched the FIRST 13 minutes and turned it off, zero confidence they were going to win. Saved the beer money
19 points on 15 shots(33% shooting) is really rough night. There a lot of empty trips baked in there.
UCLA is a much, much better team at home for some reason
This.
Either you throw Z on the inbounder to block view (and force them to come back to ball) or double Dent. They did neither.
Staff needs to throw that inbounds D call in the trash. I still don't know WTF KB was doing. Really incredibly inexcusably poor
hooraybeer
- Peoria, IL
I think the offense stagnated too much at time and there were too many early possession 3s without making the defense work.
They really tend to dominate on the offensive glass when they move the ball and force the defense to rotate and then they are out of possession and scrambling to try to box out.
Yes and then some. That is the type of person he is. I would be shocked if Mirk isn’t elite the rest of the way.
Drtg dropped only to 31. Doesn't feel like it.
we also shot a REASONABLE % from 3 (31% - not great, but we were constantly in the 20s last year) and only had 9 turnovers.
Truth is, and no one would like to hear it - we’ll win if we play like that ALMOST 100% of the time. Today was just the minute exception.
This is the best take I have seen tonight.
But but but but our offense is number 1!
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