Getting the ball safely inbounds effectively won the game no matter what happened at the FT line. All agree that we’d prefer the person getting the ball was a better FT shooter, but if a better FT shooter doesn’t get open the ball needs to be passed to the open man, no matter who that person is. There wasn’t enough time left for ND to get better than a half court shot and that isn’t going in 99% of the time, even in the NBA. The odds are less in college. This debate was over days ago, yet the Negative Nancies and Trolls won’t give it up
BECAUSE YOU DON’T NEED TO INBOUND THE BALL TO A BALL-HANDLER UP 2 WITH 3 SECONDS LEFT. IS IT REALLY THAT HARD TO UNDERSTAND? THE BALL SHOULD NEVER TOUCH THE FLOOR IN A SITUATION WHERE THE OTHER TEAM IS INTENTIONALLY TRYING TO FOUL YOU. YOU WANT YOUR BEST PASSER (PHINISEE WHO IS ALSO THE PG) INBOUNDING THE BALL BECAUSE THE ONLY WAY IU LOSES THAT GAME IS IF THE BALL IS TURNED OVER ON THE INBOUNDS PLAY. WHY IN EFFING WORLD WOULD YOU NOT WANT YOUR BEST PASSER AND BEST DECISION MAKER MAKING THE MOST CRUCIAL PASS IN THE GAME? IT’S MIND-BLOWING THAT YOU MISS THIS ASPECT OF THE EQUATION. YOU DON’T NEED TO INBOUND THE BALL TO SOMEBODY WHO CAN DRIBBLE OR PASS IN THAT SITUATION, BECAUSE THE SECOND THE BALL IS INBOUNDED YOU’RE GETTING FOULED IMMEDIATELY.
I just went back and watched the Purdue game from last year and there’s not much to be mad about. With 3 seconds left you’re only getting 2 dribble + a shot. Doesn’t really matter if you get the ball to Phinisee or Smith there. Smith got the ball past half-court and Morgan got off a clean look from 35 feet. It’s not like Phinisee is going the length of the court in 3 seconds.
LOOK, I CAN TYPE IN CAPS TOO! FUNNY HOW YOU IGNORE THE FT SHOOTING PART, SO YOU DON'T WANT A BETTER FT SHOOTER AT THE LINE? DOESN'T MATTER TO YOU IF IT'S DG, AD, RP OR JS? YOU DON'T FEEL BETTER WITH A 3 OR 4 PT LEAD AND THE SAME AMOUNT OF TIME TO GO THE LENGTH OF THE COURT?
I'VE SAID MULTIPLE TIMES, MY QUESTION ISN'T SO MUCH ABOUT JS RECEIVING THE BALL IN THIS GAME, BUT WHY WE APPEAR TO KEEP HAVING OUR PG INBOUND IT. WE AGREE, IT'S SOMEWHAT MOOT IN THIS GAME, SO I GAVE YOU A SITUATION THAT WAS DIFFERENT, WHERE BALL HANDLING, DECISION MAKING, ETC... WERE NEEDED, AND YET WE STILL HAVE OUR PG INBOUNDING. HOW ABOUT ADDRESSING THE QUESTIONS I'M ASKING RATHER THAN REHASHING WHAT WE'VE ALREADY ESTABLISHED: IN THE ND GAME IT DIDN'T REALLY MATTER?
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