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Message: [QUOTE="Bigboote, post: 2478599, member: 7631"] I've often thought this is what really sums up his style and success: [I]Why has it worked? Reeve pointed out Auriemma's ability to teach players not so much how to run plays but how to play.[/I] I remember being surprised during a Geno show a couple of years ago when he said they don't have set plays. He might draw something up for a particular in-bounds play, but they don't have a bunch of plays with names like 45 Blue. This was epitomized last year with their defense. Everyone switches on every screen, even when it resulted in Saniya Chong guarding a 5 one-on-one. Every UConn player had to know how to guard every opponent at every position on the court. I remember a Wings game this past season in which somehow Saniya wound up on the low block guarding the other team's post. The post never got the ball. That's why WNBA coaches like getting UConn players, even unheralded ones. [/QUOTE]