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Message: [QUOTE="billybud, post: 3092651, member: 3850"] Speaking of "coaching"...for those of you who watched the Murray State game...I just read the Nole coaching game strategy in a post game interview... From interview: "We came to the conclusion that Morant was almost basically unguardable," FSU head coach Leonard Hamilton said. "So we had to make sure we defended the other guys that fed off of him." And when it came to Morant, the 'Noles decided they were more willing to let him shoot from the perimeter than drive into the paint. They felt he was much more dangerous dribbling toward the basket -- either attacking the rim or kicking the ball out to his teammates for open jump shots. So when one of Morant's teammates would come over to set a screen for him on the perimeter, the player guarding him would run "under" the screen to cut off his driving lanes. Each time they did that, however, Morant stepped back and launched a 3-pointer. So FSU made an adjustment. After discussing it as a staff during the game, the Seminoles decided to start going "over" the screens to prevent Morant from getting open 3-point attempts. And then they stationed their post players further away from the basket to stop Morant before he got too deep into the paint. [/QUOTE]