The mastermind behind college basketball's most creative inbounds play came up with it out of desperation.
When Illinois coach Brad Underwood first started running the football inbounds play a few years ago, he couldn’t help but chuckle at how opposing players would react. Underwood recalls them “looking over at their bench like, how do we guard this?”
Coaches might only be in position to call the football inbounds play a few times a year, but they say it's a useful option to have when protecting a narrow lead against a desperate opponent. Ask Virginia how quickly a season can collapse if. Furman's dramatic game-winning 3-pointer last Thursday doesn't happen without Kihei Clark's panicky turnover while being trapped along the baseline.
Whether the football inbounds play becomes a passing fad or a trend with staying power likely depends on its success rate. Coaches predict it will only become more popular unless defenses develop a counter and it stops working so consistently.
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