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But putting aside all of that:  up 5, with the ball, and 17 seconds left.  You have to win that game - or at least have your players utterly gag at the FT line down the stretch.  Stanford didn't even do that . . . which was a particularly tough pill to swallow.

Yeah, I especially agree with this.  With a two possession lead and the ball and less than 30 seconds on the shot, to fail to inbound the ball... twice... really hurt.  It would have been one thing if we choked on the free throws (unfortunately Art Lee is out of eligibility); that would have been bad, but sometimes happens.  But we couldn't even inbound properly.

Per ESPN, our halftime win probability was 97% after Terry made the three pointer to beat the buzzer.  Our win probability with 16 seconds left when USC missed its three pointer was 97.5%.  Sometimes events that happen at a 2.5% probability... happen.

BC

[BostonCard]

But putting aside all of that:  up 5, with the ball, and 17 seconds left.  You have to win that game - or at least have your players utterly gag at the FT line down the stretch.  Stanford didn't even do that . . . which was a particularly tough pill to swallow.

Yeah, I especially agree with this.  With a two possession lead and the ball and less than 30 seconds on the shot, to fail to inbound the ball... twice... really hurt.  It would have been one thing if we choked on the free throws (unfortunately Art Lee is out of eligibility); that would have been bad, but sometimes happens.  But we couldn't even inbound properly.

Per ESPN, our halftime win probability was 97% after Terry made the three pointer to beat the buzzer.  Our win probability with 16 seconds left when USC missed its three pointer was 97.5%.  Sometimes events that happen at a 2.5% probability... happen.

BC