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[QUOTE="CocoHusky, post: 3710853, member: 5823"]
Just about everything in the bolded part is both historically and technically inaccurate.   Historically the 4 has been the featured position on UCONN Championship teams and positions are not fluid at UCONN.   The requirements of a 3 in the UCONN  offense (and the subject of this thread)  is to ensure the proper spacing via a reliable 3 ball and perimeter defense.  Defensively the 4 is relied upon for post defense.   A 4 at UCONN (or anywhere else for that matter)  is not involved with switching perimeter defense.   Post players (4&5) if caught on a high ball screen do not switch-they do something called a hedge and recover.    
What you maybe confusing for fluidity is the position versatility of some past UCONN players.  Stewie and Morgan are classic examples of this.  Were Morgan and Stewie occasionally involved with switching perimeter defense while at UCONN?  Absolutely they were, because they were extraordinary perimeter defenders.   If I'm the opposing coach and you are telling me that UCONN is going to switch their 4 on to my 2 (even if that 4 is Stewie or Maya) I would run that play every time down the court.
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