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Miller did this same thing against Washington a few years ago, subs come in play great and he goes right back to the starters. He is one of those coaches who doesn't adjust his substitution pasterns at all. He also doesn't adjust his play style to fit his players strengths.

I made the same comment in Gary's thread, and I agree with all here. It seems Miller has his ways and it's tough to break those patterns with him. Last night Brendon needed to keep playing.

Blav, after four years, has brought value, although limited, to this team as a one who can come off the bench, make a few shots, not lose the ball or make many mistakes on offense.

On defense it's another story.

Good kid, paid his dues, loyal, all that stuff. But dont get confused.

He is playing at his peak minutes and beyond right now, but only because JT and Mayes have not developed as quickly.

To Lavender's credit, I think he's really improved on defense and might be Arizona's best off-ball defender. However, he still lacks the lateral quickness to be an elite defender, but I do think he's busted his tail be get better over his four years.

I can't disagree about not keeping Lav in when he was hot, but I'm sure Miller had his reasons. It wasn't addressed post game though.

I wont argue that Blav has improved. He clearly has. As Gary has noted, I will agree that some modest improvement has been made on defense too.

His shooting percentage is much higher so far this year contrasting previous years.

Against UCLA he played 3 minutes more than his season average.

UCLA is indeed a horrible team, but apparently not against us. Not having heard an explanation, I surmise that the reason he didn't play more had to do with matchups and defense. Plus he is in a rotation of six guys playing the 2-3 position.

what's funny is this team only lacks interior defense. We are doing amazing at holding teams to low shooting percentages. what we lack is offense! We need someone who can shoot and can score. Lavender spreads the defense and opens up lanes for the rest of the team on offense no matter how much people like to bag on him. the other coaches and players know he can shoot.

He's got a nice stroke and a good shot, i think everyone knows that. He seems like a good guy and I wasn't bagging on the kid. I was equally dumbfounded as to why he was pulled under those circumstances. Like Gary says though, CSM been doing this for a long time now so who am I to question his coaching. If we're counting on BLav to score for AZ though, god help us...

I agree on the interior D. Unfortunately it may be something that rears its ugly head all season long. The bigs of 2012 cant get here soon enough.