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So much for NC State's ability to stem opponent's 3 point shooting.  BYU is torching the Wolfpack 52-32 and the nets 9/15 bta with 14:56 left.  Awful week for our non-conference SOS with UConn getting swept in Maui and looking like NC State will be swept in San Diego. 

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More bad strategy shown in the Purdue-Mississippi game.  Purdue was up 2 and took possession with 45 seconds to go.  Even if it ran the shot clock all the way down, Mississippi would get a chance with 15 seconds or more.

So Purdue ran the clock down without even trying to run a play until the shot clock was down to five seconds.  One pass to a guy who was stripped, Mississippi went down and tied it on a break.

Purdue might still win here because it grabbed an offensive rebound of a terrible shot, and is up a basket with .6 seconds left, but

I will never understand why coaches don't try to run their full offense in the closing seconds.  I see so many empty possessions in those situations that I have to think teams are not doing themselves any favors by killing as much clock as they can instead of really trying to score.

 

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