art inbounded the ball all the time. not to bring the ball up the court, but pretty much anytime they wanted to try and score on the inbounds play. can't remember so clearly before that, but i'm pretty sure that pullen threw the pass to mcgruder to hit the shot in the corner. against texas i think. so he probably did it frequently.
inbounding the ball on a play where they're trying to score, but over the length of the court is sort of a special situation. i can understand why you'd want whoever you think is your best passer inbounding the ball, regardless of his size.