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Message: [QUOTE="Hans Sprungfeld, post: 4943793, member: 181"] Make 1 extra pass at the perimeter prior to shooting any 3-pointer (unless completely open [I]at or en route to the basket[/I]) 5 times in a row after any instance of missing 3 consecutive 'open-enough' outside shots. Shooting percentages from 2 and/or 3 will improve; defense will set up better; opponents will get rattled, tired, & demoralized; fans will be delighted; non-partisan media & observers will be wowed; and haters will still have their opportunity to hate hate hate. It starts with defense, not self-forced offense. Don't do the opponents' heavy-lifting for them. Don't gift them with something that looks and feels like a 'normal' high-level game. They already know they can do that well enough to get to the Final Four. Points will naturally follow. In bunches. Highlight reel stuff. Raceways, throw down dunks, and alley oops. Even the distant daggers that are deferred until the opponent is dizzied and drained by the effort they've expended by having to guard so many different players in so many different ways. We have already seen this enough to know it works. This is what flips the switch. Viewers at every level of experience and knowledge deserve to see what UConn is & does. Let those who are disrupted, delusional, or in denial go at their own pace, but not to the detriment of UConn pursuing its patient, persistent path. I am enjoying the ride and want others too as well. A man who is disgruntled by a 30-0 run can find fellow travelers, even on this board. Past a certain, simple point, he cannot be my concern. Go Huskies! [/QUOTE]

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