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Originally Posted by longtimefan67 Smitty, for once I agree with you; and based on what I've seen from what should be a solid bench, Westerfield should have been on the court today because A) He can hit foul shots, B) He has a polished 3 point shot C) He plays defense at least as well as the "bench" and D) He actually wants to play...

I have a theory for the game today. That theory is both teams were gassed in OT. I think sending X in might have been the way to go because he is now a fresh player who might turn out to be the best player on the court due to everyone else being gassed. While I'm not going to argue he's not the same X as last season, I will argue that in this situation he might have been more energetic than anyone else on the court including UMass players and would've resulted in more rebounds and maybe even a better 3 point shot. Not saying we should've waited for OT to get him more minutes in the first place but since we didn't give any worthwhile minutes, why not?

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