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Date Posted: 15:05:23 03/15/26 Sun
Coach Jones has the resume and credibility where he does not need to apologize to message board posters.
But Yale's defensive strategy at the end of regulation was every bit the bonehead move that Old Blue suggests.
First, Penn did not have any time outs. If you, the team up by three points with six seconds left, are going to call time out at all, you'd better have a defense to put in which is better than just letting the five defenders on the court cover the guys they're already assigned to guard. Why give Penn the chance to design a play for their hot hand if you're just going to guard the Quakers straight up man-to-man?
Secondly, you've got the option to foul. Reasonable people disagree on this general philosophy, but in this case, it's an attractive option.
Thirdly, if you're not simply going to foul, you've got plenty of other good options. Nobody besides Power is going to take that last shot. Penn ran him into the backcourt just to make sure he got to touch the ball. Put two guys on him, minimum. Hell, put three guys on him. Nobody was guarding the inbounder, so three defenders was an option.
If Power -- guarded by two or three defenders -- can dribble upcourt and find the one open teammate that you've decided is Penn's worst three-point shooter, and pass him the ball, and THAT GUY can drill the game-tying shot, good for him. I'll take my chances on that outcome.
The one scenario you need to prevent is TJ Power receiving the inbound pass, dribbling to within a foot of the three-point line and letting loose. That's the ONE SCENARIO you are trying to prevent.
For the love of Christ, how could you let that happen?
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