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Message: [QUOTE="Gutter King, post: 4845216, member: 4789"] No debate on your #1. Even California made some pretty important defensive plays in the tourney. They all got better by the end of the year, and I feel like its reasonable to expect this team will as well. (We are at the exact time of the season of our meltdown last year after all). In case people don't believe the impact of DC. The sport-reference (random I know) has him rated the 18th best defender in the past 15 years. I dont think this is as sophisticated as other sites, but it's the only thing I found after a quick search. The current 41 Torvik seems acceptable with this knowledge. (We still give up wayyy too many points at the free throw line, and one could argue will make our defensive metric better again in the Non-Con/Tourney time/Non-BE.) Point being: Hurley will coach them up to play better defense as a unit, but will likely only be possible when we have the whole unit. [/QUOTE]