I just finished watching a game between Rutgers and Nebraska men. Although I am not a student of the finer points of basketball, I am struggling to understand a strategy that cost Nebraska the game. With about 61 seconds left in the game Nebraska had the ball with a 3 point lead. The point guard held the ball until 6 seconds remained on the shot clock, tried to make a drive and coughed the ball up. Rutgers came down, was fouled and hit 2 shots making it a 1 point game. Nebraska came back, milked the clock to 9 seconds and coughed it up again. Rutgers came back, hit a put-back bucket to win. It's the same strategy as "prevent defense" in football - it should be called "prevent offense". In both cases, as many times as not, it prevents a victory.