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Message: [QUOTE="husky429, post: 5175318, member: 6696"] Our man-to-man defense has a clear philosophy. On the perimeter, we're limiting 3-point attempts aggressively. And always forcing sideline/baseline. We don't stunt on the ball much and instead rely on the guy 2 passes away to help. This gives up more drives, and limits more 3-point attempts. This requires a big with good shot-blocking ability (Clingan) to clean up or otherwordly BBIQ (Sanogo) to pull off at a high level. It puts a ton of pressure on the big. We also hedge and force to the sideline on ball screens rather than doing a packline and forcing middle. This means frequently the 4-man has a lot of pressure put on them defensively to defend the rim. It's why we prioritized shot-blocking 3s and 4s early in Hurley's tenure here before changing our recruiting philsoophy to focus more on offense. There's a lot more detail to our defense, much of which I could guess at but am not 100% sure what the guys are being taught. But at the end of the day, it isn't the philosophy that is a concern to me. Getting beat by a ballhandler is normal in basketball and planned for. Getting beat [I]all the time[/I] is not. That can't be schemed for. Nor can forgetting where to be on the floor. Am I in help? Am I denying the shot? Is my man a shooter? Is anyone behind me to help on the drive? [B]Simply put: if you can't guard your man straight up and at least make the shot tough or give time for help, or if you don't know where to be on the floor in our defensive scheme... it doesn't matter what the philosophy is.[/B] [/QUOTE]

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