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Message: [QUOTE="Storrs South, post: 2985542, member: 7275"] Another team that plays slow, for context here's adjusted tempo according to KenPom of the last couple Drexel - #99 (W) Villanova - #346 (L) USF - #230 (L) UCF - #334 (L) SMU - #330 (the whole conference plays very slow FYI) They are going to try and make UConn play as much half court basketball as possible. Need to try and speed up the pace of the game, that's when the scales tip in UConn's favor. UCF averages 11.6 turnovers a game (top 50 in the country) and UConn forced 16 which is good but did a bad job getting out on the run (only 7 fastbreak points). Cobb was very good at looking for the guards on the outlet to get this started earlier in the season but I saw him often just settle for slowing things down and pass to a guard right next to him. They need fastbreak points badly to minimize reliance on half court offense (or lack thereof). SMU averages 11.4 turnovers a game (#32 in the country) so going to require making a team play worse than normal. Alternatively, no one on SMU is taller than 6'9" so there should be a some opportunities to block shots and lead to some fastbreak opportunities. Regardless, this team cannot be content with just making a nice defensive play then walking the ball up. [/QUOTE]