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Message: [QUOTE="BBallF, post: 3445776, member: 10435"] I think there was a big difference in the team and individual defense and that to me is of overriding importance. Our defense has been good at various times but against Tulane it was great. It was the switches at screens, the movement, the denials, the deflections, the boxing out, and the steals and that coupled with the ball not touching the floor at times on offense, maybe partly because of the defense, gave the team a different optic. If it continues through the rest of the regular season and the AAC tourney, we will have become a different team. We seemed more unselfish on offense against Tulane as well. As I said earlier, this new defensive dedication can become the team's collective identity we have all been waiting for this year. When you think about it, it's true that our passes were crisper and there was less dribbling and more movement on offense but defense leads to offense at UConn as it always has so maybe they have found the team "groove" after all. Let's see on Saturday. [/QUOTE]