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Message: [QUOTE="NycUcWbbFan, post: 5321721, member: 13453"] TN’s system has its time and uses, but has major setbacks: [LIST] [*]It is a blunt cheat code for inexperienced or new rosters until they can get their bearings, since it only requires a deep reasonably athletic roster that buy into the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grinnell_System']scheme[/URL]; it is a crowd pleaser, so that’s a plus for a newish environment; [*]I am unfamiliar with UConn’s play prior to 1995; as to when Geno deployed a similar system, if it was after 1995, I think Geno might have been referring to the first year of TASSK when he deployed a similar run and gun scheme &1; but I don’t think TASSK will be TASSK (“basketball players”) if the team was forever stuck in that cheat code; [*]As another datapoint, Teri Moren used a similar scheme in the FIBA U19; Sarah was a member of last year’s team but was underutilized; and that team almost lost the gold medal game to a more disciplined Canadian team; [*]Can a team win a D1 NCAAT with that scheme? Sure. But the math for that scheme has to work for six games. And in the Superteam Era, I think that is more highly unlikely. But apparently, NBA teams had used run and gun schemes and won championships. [/LIST] I am curious as to whether Caldwell will make that scheme a permanent and most prominent feature of the program; [LIST] [*]One myopic advantage is that players will always have reasonable amounts of playing time; [*]One big uncertainty is how well players in that program become prepared for the next level, playing with other players who have a more well rounded formal basketball grounding — the only one players usually get — in college. [/LIST] &1 Highest points scored per game of [URL='https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/schools/connecticut/women/1999.html']91.2[/URL] in Geno and CD’s tenure. [/QUOTE]

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