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Message: [QUOTE="dennismenace, post: 4629715, member: 6158"] There is a tendency to think in terms of the "normal" 7 man rotation. I think that Uconn put that to rest last year and went with 8-9 man rotations. With portal availability a much bigger recruiting asset there are other teams going to lean to this new way in the future. Give Dan Hurley credit for going against his old instincts and buying into spreading the minutes in order to maximize the situational talent and keeping players fresh. As the year went on we became an absolute steamroller. Credit also the other coaches and players themselves for trusting in the newer system. I loved how the earlier Uconn teams played with larger rotations and hyper aggressive defenses. We did not see us full court pressure and that was wise. Others opined that full court presses lead to easy baskets with those who know how to break them. We learned that you don't always need to play full court press to be an elite defense. I think it was Nomar who posted the very astute and interesting 2011 SI article on why we won the NC that year and how elite that team's defense was. That article was worthy of framing. Author developed non box score statistics by reviewing film and presented the evidence. One thing to be sure of; we are not going to change our defensive attitude. Even when our shooting was way off we could hang in and eventually dominate other teams with elite defense. Should be a great summer as the new players battle for minutes and get whipped into Uconn shape and attitude. [/QUOTE]

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