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Save timeouts for crunch time

Do not waste timeouts early in the game to save possession on a loose ball. The timeout is too valuable at the end of the game to waste in that way. When your team makes the second free throw and you have a 3 point lead, not when you make a basket with the clock [...]

Lessons from the Men’s NCAA Final Game

This is part one of a five part series for the next five days. There is no doubt that 10 seconds can change the memories and opportunities that the players take from even a regular season high school game. Those rewards increase dramatically when there is a championship of any kind on the line. [...]