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Message: [QUOTE="auror, post: 4994544, member: 1329"] I will admit to being pleased when Ollie's teams started prioritizing transition defense based on nascent analytics a decade ago. But this has been proven to be one of the areas where the college game is much different than the NBA and I was wrong. It is much easier to have a physical advantage on the glass in college vs. NBA where athletes are often much more similar to each other in athletic ability and strength. NBA athletes are also usually more dangerous in transition and college's smaller area under the arc and closer line means you have more players able to get into offensive rebounding position on a given play even if they are spacing the court. Calhoun/Tom Moore had a ton of success attacking the glass. Hurley/Tom Moore have had a ton of success attacking the glass. Houston and Kelvin Sampson as well. Rick Pitino and Roy Williams, too. [/QUOTE]