Why did Buzz Williams pull his starters with over 2 minutes left?

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Overcoming 13 points wasn’t likely, but not insurmountable. Were his starters gassed, or was he actually conceding to allow non-starters to get playing time in the championship game?
 
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I’d say to preserve them for the tourney, but with this loss it may be the NIT.
 
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roberthunter said:
That and intentionally sending Santi to the line were bizarre moves. A comeback at that point was unlikely, but I've seen stranger things happen.
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A&M routinely rotates 11 players. When they rotated, they still had 2 starters in the game. The other 3 play lots of minutes. Buzz was basically saying go as hard as you can the next 4 minutes because these guys (the guys coming out) were spent.
 
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cardvolfan said:
A&M routinely rotates 11 players. When they rotated, they still had 2 starters in the game. The other 3 play lots of minutes. Buzz was basically saying go as hard as you can the next 4 minutes because these guys (the guys coming out) we’re spent.
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That makes sense, but what about fouling Santi? If you're going to foul with 2 minutes to go to extend the game, you've got to at least try to foul a bad ft shooter. I think they might have gotten mixed up and thought they had another foul to give.
 
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Jxn Vol said:
He knew he could not close the gap with our defense. He knew it was time to piss on the fire and call the dogs.
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Agreed if the last impression of the tournament selection committee was the lead swelling from fouling and us making free throws then a bubble is more likely to burst.
 
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jim pique said:
He turned out the lights cause the party was OVER!
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yes, and he tries to give all his players time in the game if already decided. I wish more coaches did that.

Players spend so much time in practice and it must be discouraging to know you will probably not get in the game even in a blowout. Does not show much respect to them when you can’t even let them in the game with 1 to 2 minutes left.

Actually, I would like to see Barnes do more of that. With I think 1:29 left I thought he might, he could have put the subs in then, let them tell their kids some day I played in the SEC championship game. Besides, don’t risk starters getting hurt after game decided.
 
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TrapVol said:
Overcoming 13 points wasn’t likely, but not insurmountable. Were his starters gassed, or was he actually conceding to allow non-starters to get playing time in the championship game?
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He knew it was over and wanted his team to get the respect they deserved from the fans. Plus he said before the game he was going to play everyone and I guess he did. Kudos to him for letting everyone experience the SEC Championship Game.
 
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I really do hate that for Buzz Williams.

His team played hard and happened to beat Arkansas and Auburn.

Meanwhile, Michigan gets in with a 17-14 record.

Hope to see them make the Tournament next year.
 
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