Somebody please explain logic to these last second shots

LSUDeek · Mar 28, 2005

roygu said:

I suspect that they are calling similar plays as John Brady. Unfortunately their players are failing to execute plays, when facing serious competition, much like LSU does.
There was no excuse for Arizona they had a veteran team. Kentucky's point buard is a freshman and Tack plays like a freshman much of the time.
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Rondo is a freshman, but Sparks is their starting PG and he is a junior transfer from Western Kentucky. IMHO it should have been Sparks out there at the end of the 1st OT.

roygu · Mar 28, 2005

You're wrong Andrew. Sparks was the poing guard early in the year. Then they inserted Rondo as point guard and made Sparks shooting guard.

MarineTiger · Mar 28, 2005

Arizona's last second pathetic shot to end the regulation was the worst shot selection I had seen in many years.

SabanFan · Mar 28, 2005

islstl said:

Kentucky just wasted an excellent opportunity to win the game versus Michigan State.

But like most teams have done in this tourney, the last shot play call was botched.

What is going on with these point guards holding the ball until 8 seconds left while they are still way beyond the arc before they make their move?

I don't get this why you don't run your normal offense and try to get it inside and then maybe kick it back out.

Arizona did the exact same thing yesterday. Waited way too long before trying to force the action.
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I think it has something to do with those other 5 guys on the court who don't want them to make that last shot.

TejasTiger · Mar 28, 2005

Aside from his miracle 3 pointer to send the game to it's first OT, Sparks and the rest of his teammates did just about everything possible to lose that game down the stretch: missed crucial FTs, unforced turnovers, pathetic clock management.

Oh wait..I coulda saved myself some time of having to type the last part of that sentence by just copying a post-game writeup of LSU's performance vs. UAB and pasting it here.

islstl · Mar 28, 2005

SabanFan said:

I think it has something to do with those other 5 guys on the court who don't want them to make that last shot.
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I understand they have 5 guys on the other team to combat, I just think the idea of holding onto the ball, not running any kind of offense, and then at the very last second trying to desperately take a shot is, in a word, ludicrous.

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