Which only proves the point that we need players from TP

Your facts only prove the point that we need more players unless you go on the assumption there will be no injuries. I would much rather have ten quality players and figure out the minutes to keep them fresh and happy rather than the situation last NCAA tournament where our starting 5 could play with any other team including South Carolina but........... we had to play them basically the entire game. HH, MW, and SC played all 40 minutes most, not all, but most of the last nine games.

I'm not saying we don't need some depth

This is mainly true at the 4 and 5 spots. We definitely need some depth there.

He was suggesting that the substitution was "typical" of Ivey when it was more of a case that we lacked depth (much of which is coming back from injury) due to an unusually high number of injuries. Having 4-5 players injured at the same time is not the norm, but it seems like everyone is acting like it is.

Keep in mind that many teams (and I'm including NC level teams, excluding South Carolina) often only go 7-8 players deep in most Tournament games (Iowa only played 7 more than 20 seconds, and 6 more than 10 minutes in the NC Game. LSU only played 6 players more than 3 minutes (7 players total)).

Wrote something similar at about the same time

…and deleted it.
You said it better than me with less snark.
Thanks for posting yet another reminder that this year was NOT normal.

Good Post I don't know where people get the idea that

teams play 10 deep UCONN is another when they were winning everything never went deep

True for the most part: Most teams don't have quality depth

When there is a significant drop off, that is where the minutes end. I always liked playing eight and found it difficult to play the remaining players. (Although in AAU I often played to squads of five.)