Is it me or does this scenario seem to be occurring more than usual in college hoops this season:
teams are jumping out to huge leads in the 1st half and then giving it right back in the 2nd half.
I don't get it!!........there can't be that many adjustments being made at halftime for this to happen.
I know in the old days (before shotclocks) this rarely happened because the team that had a big lead could kill the clock by holding the ball...........Ray Meyer (retired coach of the DePaul Blue Demons) was notorious for holding the ball after getting big leads.........imagine being at a game like that (I was at quite a few) when Depaul was good in the early eighties.........for an eleven year old such as myself........it seemed like they were holding the ball for an eternity.........BORING!
Of course........the shot clock changed all that.
But even with the shotclock.........there is no reason this should be happening so frequently. There has to be a plan in place to prevent falling apart like that!!
I can name four teams that had huge leads tonight (1-28-04) and almost lost the game or in Minnesota's case actually did lose: USC (vs. UCLA); Minnesota (vs. Michigan St.); Rice (vs. Hawaii) and Southern Illinois (vs. Witchita St.)
Funny though (not really) that it seems when I bet a team that jumps out to a huge lead they will allow a back door cover; however when the team I bet needs to come back after being way down they almost get there but not quite enough to cover......like Kansas St tonight when they made a run toward the the end and lost by eight........I lost on them at (+6).
Maybe I should consider betting halves on occasion??
Bennojd
teams are jumping out to huge leads in the 1st half and then giving it right back in the 2nd half.
I don't get it!!........there can't be that many adjustments being made at halftime for this to happen.
I know in the old days (before shotclocks) this rarely happened because the team that had a big lead could kill the clock by holding the ball...........Ray Meyer (retired coach of the DePaul Blue Demons) was notorious for holding the ball after getting big leads.........imagine being at a game like that (I was at quite a few) when Depaul was good in the early eighties.........for an eleven year old such as myself........it seemed like they were holding the ball for an eternity.........BORING!
Of course........the shot clock changed all that.
But even with the shotclock.........there is no reason this should be happening so frequently. There has to be a plan in place to prevent falling apart like that!!
I can name four teams that had huge leads tonight (1-28-04) and almost lost the game or in Minnesota's case actually did lose: USC (vs. UCLA); Minnesota (vs. Michigan St.); Rice (vs. Hawaii) and Southern Illinois (vs. Witchita St.)
Funny though (not really) that it seems when I bet a team that jumps out to a huge lead they will allow a back door cover; however when the team I bet needs to come back after being way down they almost get there but not quite enough to cover......like Kansas St tonight when they made a run toward the the end and lost by eight........I lost on them at (+6).
Maybe I should consider betting halves on occasion??
Bennojd
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