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Old Mon Feb 25, 2008, 02:56am
Camron Rust Camron Rust is offline
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Originally Posted by Mark Padgett
I don't get this at all. How can stopping the clock use some time up? Why would you want to send the other team to the line and then give them the ball back if you were ahead?
They only had 3 team fouls...no FTs were going to be taken....he wasn't saying it was an "Intentional" foul, but an intentional/deliberate/strategic foul designed to only draw a common foul. He was expecting the refs to not even call anything at all given the stuff they called all night but if they did call something he was OK with that....expecing that it would, if called at all, be a common foul.

Such fouling before the bonus can be beneficial. Even though the clock stops on the foul, each throwin situation will take "some" amount of time. When a team gets anywhere in what could be a threatening but not yet shooting situation, foul them. The throwin will likely be made to a postion less threatening....hence at least 2-3 seconds saved...probably 5-10 before they can work it back into a similar position.

In fact, Tennessee employed a similar stategy against Memphis on Saturday. UT was up 3 with little time remaining. Memphis, who shoots FT's poorly, had the ball. UT deliberated fouled....sending UM to the line for 1+1. And it worked....UM, IIRC, missed the first shot and UT got the rebound sealing the victory.
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