Lost in the madness of Colorado State’s controversial 97-93 win Wednesday night over Boise State in Moby Arena was CSU head coach Larry Eustachy’s decision not to call a timeout when his team had possession with the shot clock turned off both at the end of regulation, and then again in overtime.
It is common in college basketball for coaches to, well, over-coach. Sometimes it is more fun to simply watch the players play.
But even for Eustachy, who had built more a reputation as a defensive-minded coach rather than an offensive mastermind with a diverse set of out-of-bounds plays, it just seemed strange.