He has rarely pulled them all year.

Western did make a run and closed the gap down the stretch from 30+ points to 16. We pretty much quit playing, which made me more angry than having the starters still in.

I think it has more to do with young players needing as much game time on the court as they can get. Remember that he's trying to win a National Championship with Freshmen. I don't think they were on the court to try to run the score up...but regaining confidence after getting beat by Vandy may have been the plan. I hate that it was against an in-state school, but that's the breaks...NCAA selection committee set that fate, not UK.