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Message: [QUOTE="HuskyHawk, post: 4496443, member: 1414"] I’ve been beating this drum since our first loss, so someone please check tape and show me I’m wrong. Xavier sometimes ran two man screens. [LIST] [*]Hurley has long said he hates giving up 3s. He’s shown it here and it goes back to URI. Coaches know it and exploit it. [*]in each of our losses (and some close wins) the opponent runs their guards and wings around screens, not to get shots, but because we [B]always[/B] chase over the screen to prevent the 3. Never go under to cut off penetration. Don’t switch either. [*]Since the rim protector, except Clingan, is charged with being out on the screener, we have an attacking guard/wing with a trailing defender and no post presence. This is why the D looks better with Clingan. [*]People think Jackson, Newton, Alleyne and Hawkins suddenly can’t defend? They are being rubbed out on screens and our team defense has a gaping hole. They aren’t being beaten one on one. Nor is Sanogo supposed to cover the paint when he’s outside. [*]We went zone to stop it, but the right answer is to leave the 5 in drop and either come under screens or switch. I had hoped with these big guards we could switch because nothing eliminates a screen game more effectively. But Hurley isn’t doing it. [*]It’s a blueprint to beat UConn until we adjust. So much of our offense comes from defense that it’s hurting us on both ends. [/LIST] [/QUOTE]