BASKETBALL ENDGAME DECISION

After watching a game last night, I became interested in how teams defend a "homerun" play when you are up 2 or 3 points and the other team has the ball out under their own basket with 5 or less seconds left.

Should you put a tall defender on the ball and make it difficult to throw over him or should you have the man guarding the ball play centerfield and and help on the long ball?

Kentucky in its famous 1992 game vs. Duke (Christen Laettner hit a shot at the buzzer on a homerun look) chose to not put a defender on the ball and double Laettner instead. This did not work as Laettner still caught the ball.



I believe that you have to make it difficult to throw the pass. You may deflect it or you may make the passer miss his target. Therefore I would put a defender on the ball.

What do you think?

2009 BASKETBALL SEASON BRINGS NEW YEARS RESOLUTIONS

As the 2009 basketball season begins to heat up, I will begin my first post in over 6 months with my basketball new years resolutions.

Resolution #1 - I will never post on my blog anything about, alluding to, or referencing the NBA.

Resolution #2 - I will watch at least one full NCAA game from each of the 6 major conferences BEFORE March. I will then reap the rewards when filling out my brackets.

Resolution #3 - I will tape ALL the first and second round games of the NCAA tourney. I will then go back and analyze what makes good teams good.

Resolution #4 - I will post more often on my blog...therefore I will piss off more people then last year.

Resolution #5 - I will stop pointing out the faults of the cougar basketball program...their won loss record will do it for me.

Have a Merry Christmas

THE ASSISTANT BASKETBALL COACH