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Message: [QUOTE="HW611, post: 5351169, member: 14096"] [B]Overall observations[/B] First off, I thank anyone who actually goes through these posts and entertains my addiction to UConn basketball because it is a lot. I can see why Hurley loves both Ross and Samson. When they're out there, they play hard and they are locked in on the defensive end. Even when Samson made his mistakes, he made it at 100mph. In comparison to Reed and Stewart, who when they made mistakes on defense they seemed more confused, frozen, or in no man's land. Some of the stuff just looked lazy. I don't think there's anyone on the team besides Karaban who knows the defense and its fundamentals better than Ross. He was consistently in the right places, whether it was in help, avoiding screens, being tight on his man and denying him the ball, whatever was needed. I can't see how you could watch this film and not think he's closer to being the best defender on the team rather than the worst. His biggest area for improvement this year will probably be communicating more on that end and being a leader. He fully understands where he is supposed to be and what he is supposed to be doing. The next step is making sure everyone else does too. But that goes back to him needing to be more aggressive in general. [/QUOTE]