waiting till the last second

March brings wonderful excitement in the world of college basketball and Cincinnati is blessed to have the Atlantic 10 championships. I must ask, Why in the Hell do college basketball teams waste so much time at the end of a half before screwing up a final shot?
Let's look at some facts: Basketball teams miss more shots than they make. following this argument would it not make sense to run your offense, take a good shot or two (oh, my god!) and then play defense for a few seconds, knowing the the odds are in your favor.
Secondly, teams seem to do better when playing their game and not having to force plays. One fella yesterday had 30+ seconds, dribbled at half court for 23+ seconds, went to make a drive, lost the ball immediately to the chagrin of the other team who proceeded to throw home an emphatic dunk.
One more scenario: 45 seconds to play with 35 second shot clock (believe me this happened yesterday as well). the team tried to waste as much time as possible to, i suppose, put pressure on the opponents insuing possesion. I'm not positive of the play's outcome, but i don't remember a basket. This isn't the point. Logic would tell me that with 45 seconds to go, a team should run an 7-8 second play, this would force the opponent to make a play during their next trip down the court and give the orignal team at least a few seconds to make a second play during those 45 seconds.
On top of of all this nonsense, too many college coaches are allowing their players to make bad decisions and use poor mechanics. The fundamentals are nearly void and this is not a knock on the A10 because i see it across the board. By the way, Xavier fans are some of the least intelligent, jerks i have ever had the unfortunate encounter of sitting around. They play Fordham tonight, who actually looked like a team and played proper defense. Go Rams!