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[QUOTE="Gamecockfan77, post: 2644220, member: 6414"]
You maybe confuse a preferred method of playing with the method of playing that best fits the available talent.

Give SEC schools four players who can stretch a defense to put around a great big and they'll all play with more spacing and balance. But most of them don't have that kind of talent.

They draw from talent pools that often don't have a great deal of developed basketball players, but do have lots of athleticism.  It's much easier to make a raw defender a great defender with effort than it is turn them into one of the most skilled players in the world.

I know Geno could definitely do it without breaking a sweat, but mortals are somewhat limited.

With all that said, the better talented and coached SEC teams do try to play with some balance and spacing.  But Missouri as someone mentioned is no exception.  They have gotten where they are by playing physical defense and building around a very good player who can create shots for teammates with presence.  Not any greater grasp of new basketball.

The SEC is generally full of building teams rather than established elites who pick and choose.
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