Big Men

Your 100 percent right, protecting the paint, extra possessions, 2nd chance points

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Walter Clayton Jr at Florida seemed to be pretty impactful..

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and will Richard ( currently a starter on the gs warriors) and Elijah Martin (currently playing for the raptors)

We did have 3 key bigs: chinleyu, Condon and Haugh as well though but the guard play was what took us to the title win, as Condon played pretty poorly in the tourney last year

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You need both, bigs are more rare.

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completely agree

Florida’s loss was pretty fluky though. Worst game of Chinyelu’s career and Lee not only missed a layup all by himself but in the last possession gets all the way to the rim and makes the stupid decision to pass the ball with no time left. And they still only lost by a point. If they win that game they’re in the final 4. They were the second best team this year.

You went back to 1993 to again highlight the importance of guards. Ideally, you want a guard bringing that ball up the floor. But those plays were not really similar.
Webber had 19 seconds. Then the timeout call resulted in a technical that put the game completely out of reach for Michigan.
Lee had 4.5 seconds. He got down the court fast, but he just kind of got stuck because Iowa's defense was good.

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It had zero to do with either players position.

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You may not have thought it through, but that's the context of the thread. And referencing that play highlights the importance of guards.
There was no spin. It just wasn't a good reference for any point you're trying to make.

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the reference had zero to do with positions.

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That's not your decision.
I know you think it is, but you don't actually control the parameters of analysis in a thread about how different positions are valued.
Even within your restricted parameters, it's not a good reference.

You've got it backwards. In no way am I trying to tell you what you meant. I'm telling you what the implications of the reference are in a thread about different positions.
The adage that "guards win in March" is repeated so much because of their value late in games. The 1993 reference highlights that. Analysis of a reference doesn't stop at what you decide the meaning to be. This is obvious, and we don't need to keep going with it.
You think Lee's play is on the level of Webber's. I disagree, and gave you my reasons. We'll just have to agree to disagree.

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zero to do with position.

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As you meant it. But again, and I realize this is hard for you to grasp, analysis doesn't begin and end with your reasoning for the reference.

We don't need a list of gaffes here. The 1982 reference is on the level of the Webber play in terms of historic blunders. That I'll agree with. But the Lee play is not on the level of those.
With the 1982 and 1993 plays, those guys had plenty of time, but blundered it at critical points of the game.
Lee had less time than Tyus Edney in 1995. Edney's shot would have to be on a list of all-time best tournament buzzer beaters.
Had Lee made a play in 4.5, it would've been considered a great play. That he wasn't able to doesn't make it a "blunder" similar to your references. Was it a good play? No. But also not a historic blunder.