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Message: [QUOTE="hoophuskee, post: 3669851, member: 3535"] Switching on defense to define the position of the player? No. As I have said look at the games in the NCAA in 15-16 between Miss State, Texas and Oregon State. Before any switches are done after UCONN scored on offense, Stewart is defending the center as the opposing team is bringing up the ball. She starts off defending the opposing center. That means she is playing defensively as the team's center vs the opposing center. **At around the 6.5 minute mark 1st quarter vs Miss State even when UCONN went zone- Stewart is in the middle of the zone too. These are roles defined by centers. Every made basket UCONN had in 1st quarter she guarded the opposing team's starting center. She only played 25 minutes and she started by guarding the opposing team's center. So you're trying to suggest she isn't the center because she helped out? All defenses have some form of help. If you are "helping" it means you are also "switching" if a play continues for more than several seconds. So yeah she helped out. She got 5 blocks. Generally centers usually have the most blocked shot OfC not all the time. And some centers can only rarely block shots but if your center is helping - they do. This is what Stewart was doing in this NCAA game vs Miss State. :) ). Most if not all the blocks would have been on the inside. Similar to a center helping defend the paint. So you're saying because she helps out - she isn't a center???? Further, as an example, teams used to put Shaquille O'Neal in switches such as a pick-n-roll. So when he was guarding the guard that put him in the pick-n-roll, your definition would be that he's not really the center because he switched? Anyhow when the score was 40-8 - after a made basket when UCONN was able to set their defense- they [U]chose[/U] to have Stewart guard the opposing center or she was in the middle of a 2-3 zone. That's a center for that particular game. [/QUOTE]

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