Clock magic

UCLA point guard Darren Collison has become a master at making big shots, especially 3-pointers, with the shot clock winding down. Bruins coach Ben Howland was asked about it.
"First of all, he's used to it,'' Howland said. "He's done it a lot over the past couple of years. Darren is very, very bright. He's got a good feel for the end of possessions and making plays for himself and for others. I thought one of the big plays against Xavier was made by Kevin (Love), where we were up 12 and he got an offensive rebound on a missed foul shot that we took and kicked it back out to Darren who then knocked down a long 3 to make it to 15.
"But Darren's very good. A lot of ball screens. People try to trap it or people try to plug it. They play it different ways. Try to squeeze it and go underneath it. And he's able to read what they're doing and still make pretty good decisions and you have to guard him. He's shooting 66 percent from 3 in the tournament. He's shooting over 53 percent on the season from 3. That's a pretty incredible number.''