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Bennett Stirtz doesn't like coming off the floor.
The Iowa Hawkeyes won't complain about that. Stirtz is one of the best point guards in the country.
And lately, Stirtz is on an absurd run.
In the Hawkeyes' last seven games, counting Thursday's Big Ten Tournament loss to Ohio State, Stirtz has played 283 of a possible 285 minutes.
He's averaging 40.4 minutes per game through those last seven games. And yeah, college basketball regulation games are only 40 minutes long.
Bennet Stirtz has played 283 of a possible 285 minutes over his last 7 games.
He's averaging 40.4 minutes per game over that span.
CBB games are 40 minutes long. pic.twitter.com/Z5FUTBZB3D
Stirtz played 39 minutes against the Buckeyes on Thursday. He had 17 points and four assists.
The key to the minute average was on March 8, when the Hawkeyes went overtime with Nebraska before losing. Stirtz played all 45 minutes in that game.
He also played 40 and 40 minutes in the two games prior to that.
Stirtz is averaging about 37.5 minutes per game this season, tops in the Big Ten.
He came aboard from Drake, where he was a mid-major superstar, and he's been good in the Big Ten, too.
Stirtz has averaged 20 points and 4.5 assists per game, also with 1.5 steals per contest and a 37.6% 3-point shooting percentage.
Shooting efficiency, and a low turnover rate (2.5 assists per turnover), are that much tougher to pull off when you never sit down. But Stirtz is doing it, and if the Hawkeyes can get into the NCAA Tournament, he'll have a stage to show his skillset there.
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