Outcoached? It’s like I said before, it came down to simple player execution. If Duke’s team was half as experienced as Michigan State, they would have won easily. If Zion went to the free throw line every time he was fouled on a layup attempt he would be averaging 8-10 more ppg. That’s not a coaching issue, that’s an officiating issue. He was held every time they tried to throw an entry pass over the top to him. He was fouled nearly every time he went up for a shot (and nothing was called, as usual).
By far my least favorite thing about basketball officiating is the swallowing of the whistles because the guy getting fouled is big, and the guy doing the fouling is not. It happens in basketball at every level, and it’s totally unfair. Zion will learn to flail his arms and exaggerate contact like every other good NBA player, and he’ll make a career for himself. It is sad that basketball has come to that, but it is what it is.
Coach K may need to retire, but I don’t see how you could really say that he was out coached in that situation.
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