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New College Basketball Thread Idea: Was it "Low IQ" or "Shaving Points"?
Posted on 1/29/26 at 2:37 am
Posted on 1/29/26 at 2:37 am
Like a lot of other sports fans, I don't pay attention to College Basketball until Football has completely wound down.
While surfing around games the last week+, I continue to be dumbfounded on what appears to be absolutely "brain dead" plays in College Basketball (especially when Football keeps leaning more into analytics).
I thought this would be a fun thread idea to link to some just incredibly mind boggling plays and then we could debate if it was possibly just "Low IQ Basketball" or "Shaving Points"?
Example 1 (USC @ Iowa on Wednesday Night): Iowa trailed by 1 (72-71), with less than 5 seconds left, and USC's Jerry Easter fouls Iowa's Best Free Throw Shooter (Stirtz) on the floor about 42 feet from the rim.
Twitter Link of the Mind-Boggling Foul by USC
Example 2 (Tenn @ Georgia on Wednesday Night): UGA trailed by 3 and has the ball with 3 seconds left and passes it to Marcus Millender. Millender takes it from the top of the arc and drives to score a layup cutting the lead to 1 at the 0.6 second mark (instead of going for a 3 to tie).
Twitter Link of Mind-Boggling Last Shot Layup instead of trying to tie with a 3
While surfing around games the last week+, I continue to be dumbfounded on what appears to be absolutely "brain dead" plays in College Basketball (especially when Football keeps leaning more into analytics).
I thought this would be a fun thread idea to link to some just incredibly mind boggling plays and then we could debate if it was possibly just "Low IQ Basketball" or "Shaving Points"?
Example 1 (USC @ Iowa on Wednesday Night): Iowa trailed by 1 (72-71), with less than 5 seconds left, and USC's Jerry Easter fouls Iowa's Best Free Throw Shooter (Stirtz) on the floor about 42 feet from the rim.
Twitter Link of the Mind-Boggling Foul by USC
Example 2 (Tenn @ Georgia on Wednesday Night): UGA trailed by 3 and has the ball with 3 seconds left and passes it to Marcus Millender. Millender takes it from the top of the arc and drives to score a layup cutting the lead to 1 at the 0.6 second mark (instead of going for a 3 to tie).
Twitter Link of Mind-Boggling Last Shot Layup instead of trying to tie with a 3
This post was edited on 1/29/26 at 2:43 am
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Posted on 1/29/26 at 3:14 am to UncleLester
Usually helps discuss point shaving, if you include the line on the game.
Posted on 1/29/26 at 5:21 am to UncleLester
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Example 2 (Tenn @ Georgia on Wednesday Night): UGA trailed by 3 and has the ball with 3 seconds left and passes it to Marcus Millender. Millender takes it from the top of the arc and drives to score a layup cutting the lead to 1 at the 0.6 second mark (instead of going for a 3 to tie).
Just a mid-Major Mike special.
Posted on 1/29/26 at 6:07 am to SpartyGator
He was looking for the foul when driving. Just good situational defense to let him drive. I don’t think it was point shaving.
Posted on 1/29/26 at 6:12 am to C
What about the Kentucky player against Vandy catching the in bound pass then walking out of bounds to pass it in?
Posted on 1/29/26 at 6:34 am to ChatGPT of LA
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Usually helps discuss point shaving, if you include the line on the game.
Just looked it up.
Iowa was favored by 9 and Tennessee by 11 so neither low IQ play swung the ATS outcome.
If they were being paid to lose outright they wouldn't let it get that close.
Posted on 1/29/26 at 8:51 am to Bestbank Tiger
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Iowa was favored by 9 and Tennessee by 11 so neither low IQ play swung the ATS outcome.
Tennessee was a 1.5 point favorite. The layup from Georgia when they should have took a 3 actually covered the spread.
Posted on 1/29/26 at 9:14 am to UncleLester
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Example 1 (USC @ Iowa on Wednesday Night): Iowa trailed by 1 (72-71), with less than 5 seconds left, and USC's Jerry Easter fouls Iowa's Best Free Throw Shooter (Stirtz) on the floor about 42 feet from the rim.
Lol. Here is how that game went
It was a crazy game. Iowa opened up not scoring for the first 6.5 min. Looked awful. Score was 14-3 at the 12:00 mark.
Iowa made a huge run and got it back to 1 at half, then blew the doors off to open the second. 60-43 Iowa at 9:30. That’s a 57-29 run in ~23 min.
Then Iowa went into the stall that they do with a lead, milking entire clock looking for a good shot late, but didnt get them, and blew the lead. Got bailed out by the awful foul down 1 with 4 seconds left, and usc missed a 3 to win it off front end of the rim.
USC had a guy go off for 30+ and scored 19 straight in the comeback. It was more points than he had all season
This post was edited on 1/29/26 at 9:17 am
Posted on 1/29/26 at 9:31 am to Syd
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What about the Kentucky player against Vandy catching the in bound pass then walking out of bounds to pass it in?
When they were down by 26 as 5pt underdogs? That was clearly low IQ/not caring anymore
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