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Message: [QUOTE="hoopsnloops32, post: 4447390, member: 3464"] I disagree. I think the recipe is three fold: 1) Guard pressure to cause turnovers 2) 3pt Shooting 2) Transition off of defensive rebounds or opponents baskets from offensive rebounds These guards don't have great handles or passing ability but the game plan is always to pack the paint so they rarely face any pressure defense. Pressuring them, while counterintuitive, will cause live or dead ball turnovers far better than a missed shot. Obviously they won't turn it over every possession so it has to be a mix of packing the paint and heavy pressure but I think sagging off the back court so much the whole game is a mistake most teams have been making. If you are able to get a 3pt game going you can neutralize their front court advantage by exchanging 2s for 3's. They are a great defensive team and long so this isn't as easy as it looks but Stanford and UCLA both got excellent looks throughout the game from 3. When you do get a defensive rebound or they score off of an offensive rebound, or immediately push into transition. South Carolina looks pretty slow going up and down the court in every game I've seen of them. An easy way to at least pull their guards away from crashing the boards is punishing them with transition whenever you can. There will be ample opportunities here. While defensive rebounding is important, I think you can win while losing the battle on the boards if you off set it in other areas. [/QUOTE]

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