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Message: [QUOTE="sun, post: 4663160, member: 11664"] The final Coaches Poll which came out after the NC game ranked UConn at #9 and Ohio State at #6. UConn had its best defenders playing when it lost to Ohio State 73-61 and its offense still wasn't good enough. And when Ohio State went on to lose to VT 84-74, it showed that defense has its limitations to beat elite teams. UConn's offense was not only too weak to beat Ohio State, but as good as Ohio State's defense was, it still wasn't good enough to slow down VT. The stronger defensive teams like UConn & Ohio State simply didn't have enough firepower to make it to the FF. That's just my perspective on why offense will become more important than defense next year. I'm not saying that defense should be non-existent, only that defense is slightly less important than scoring points. I don't think that LSU will be a worse team than they were, and may actually be a stronger all around team than last year. And maybe Scar will prove to be a stronger & more balanced team too. All the more reason for UConn to focus on improving its offense & point production next year. If one of UConn's stars goes down at an inopportune time, UConn needs to have players prepared to pick up their slack in point production. That's what UConn's depth should be used for & mostly about, teaching them how to score. For example Amari & Patterson already know how to block shots., now they they need to learn how to score points. Even at the beginning of last season Geno said that he didn't work on teaching any defense yet, but that he was focusing on teaching them offense first. Defense is mostly reactionary whereas offense requires more initiative. Not too many players can play shutdown defense like Ricky Moore, if any, [/QUOTE]

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