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Message: [QUOTE="BBallF, post: 3928612, member: 10435"] According to Geno in a relatively recent interview, the other dynamic with AAU now is that because there are more games than practices, and because the emphasis is not on the team winning an AAU championship but rather the showcasing of talent, there is a loss of versatility, especially as compared with foreign players. I also think there is a loss of fundamental team basketball and skills and you can even argue that the nonsensical perimeter offense in the men's game in college is a direct result of AAU training because it is what you have learned to play. Who, in the men's game runs a motion offense like the Knight Indiana teams? How many times this year in the men's games have we seen FT shooting less than 60% or even 50% in a game and costing that team the win? You learn how to head fake and pump fake when you practice or as was pointed out in pick up, playground or one on one games. I don't see great fundamental all around skills in abundance anymore. I see a different game. I don't think it is any coincidence that you have had recent NC teams in the men's game in Virginia, Villanova twice and probably Gonzaga this year, who is playing a completely different kind of basketball on defense and offense than their competition. Compare the style of a past NC Virginia and Villanova team or the Zags now with that of other teams this year. What is the difference? Team basketball, which should be taught and coached and practiced from early years through AAU. It is not just an archaic notion, it actually works. It's what gets played at UCONN in women's basketball and above all else, that is what is so endearing. [/QUOTE]

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