Dean's unused timeouts
I'd planned on blogging about the tight relationship between UConn coach Jim Calhoun and UNC's Roy Williams, but I'll save that for tomorrow. Instead, I direct you to a story by Doug Doughty, esteemed UVa beat writer for the Roanoke Times, who has finally gotten Pete Gillen to explain his unusual philosophy on timeouts after 5 1/2 years of trying.
"Some legendary coach who shall remain nameless lent me 4,125 timeouts," said Gillen in a thinly-veiled reference to former North Carolina coach Dean Smith. "So, I have a few more left than most coaches. You are who you are and that's just our style."
Smith was fairly judicious with his timeouts. Perhaps in his honor, Pete only called two when the Heels visited Charlottesville last month. Or, perhaps, he knew the timeouts wouldn't help in a game the Cavs ended up losing by 36.
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