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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Heyjoe4" data-source="post: 1060257" data-attributes="member: 13032">All good points and two observations (and I don't know a lot about this team, so take it FWIW):1) It's not uncommon in college ball or the pros to put the ball in the hands of the best player when a basket is needed.  I've never been crazy about that, and for the reasons you cite.  Alternatively, if another player had taken the shot and missed, Gard would have been criticized for not getting the ball to his "go-to" guy, Tonje.2) Playing a very different game plan than the type of plan that brought success isn't very smart.  And Gard should have realized this early in the game (down by what, 11 at the half?  what happened to mid-game adjustments?).  That one is on Gard.  Coaches can get too cute, but with a really good team (and the Bagers were a very good team), it's not always necessary.  The fact that Bucky was playing from behind all game should have been a wake-up call to Gard or someone.  Didn't happen, and more than anything, that's why they lost imo. Bummer.  I expected my team, MU to not last.  They didn't disappoint me. I had higher hopes for Bucky, as did we all.</blockquote>

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