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Message: [QUOTE="bballnut90, post: 3546356, member: 2117"] Seems to be a common theme among former Tennessee players who now coach. Usually get decent athletes but do not land a lot of quality shooters who can space the floor. Offense is mediocre, team's are very tough defensively and aggressive attacking the glass. Similar to Pat but she got top notch kids and they all worked their butts off. Rarely did they have good A/TO ratios or a slew of top notch shooters but they were in the title mix year in year out. This style can still work if you have the horses, with SC being the best example, but the defense/toughness style does seem to be disappearing. Even SC this year looked much more fluid offensively than they have the last several seasons. If teams want to be great in today's day and age, they need better talent or better offensive flow, plain and simple. The last several years have evolved big time offensively with teams like Mississippi State, Baylor, UCONN, Oregon and Notre Dame all putting together really good offensive teams that utilize tremendous spacing, decision making and overall ball movement. Each team is different in what they prioritize (pick and roll, weave offense, high low, etc) but all of these programs have had strong execution on the offensive end and that's the biggest reason why they've had championship caliber teams the past 5 years. [/QUOTE]