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[QUOTE="Bigboote, post: 5220549, member: 7631"]
I've remarked sometimes that such-and-such is a great team defender.  UConn usually has one or two really good individual defenders -- Griffin, Muhl, Nurse, Jefferson -- but Geno won't play someone who's not a good team defender.  The defense works because everyone is on the same page.  Strong has gaudy defensive numbers, but the tie-ups, tipped passes, 30-second calls, don't show up in a player's box score, and that's team defense and the coaching staff certainly pay attention to it.

I'm confident Ice is ready.  I'm hopeful that Jana is.  And as I said in another thread, I hope they're spending this week playing together, because I think there will be a couple of games in the dance where they'll be on the floor together for extended periods.

Geno mentioned the Big East getting a bad rap in an interview in the past few weeks.  He said something similar to olddude.  He said that the teams play very differently from one another.  UConn will see the same look twice in a season.  He said that they need to do extensive preparation for every game and that puts them in a good position preparing for the post season.  I don't think this is something he said to placate the Big East management, I think he really means it.
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