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Message: [QUOTE="BBallF, post: 3594736, member: 10435"] Number 1- I thought it was understood by basketball junkies that pressing and trapping are usually sporadic. I can see keeping the press on though until the game is in hand against league teams this year which could be by the second quarter. You point out teams that lost by pressing all game but there were teams that won that way. The 1964 and 1965 UCLA NC teams with Goodrich and Hazard and the "40 minutes of Hell" Arkansas NC team just to name 3. Using or not using the press and trap is an art, not a science. Basketball is a fluid game and one size fits all doesn't usually work. Number 2- Our difference in this analysis is that the defense was not an end in itself to Geno, it was a means of revitalizing the offense with player movement and passing. The Top 3 games this year were characterized by poor movement with consequential poor passing and poor shots. The reason I am with you about the never happened Oregon NCAA match up was because I saw what the defense did to the offense, not what the defense could do to Oregon alone. I agree that you were not shutting that team down, you had to outscore them. Number 4- I don't disagree. I just think the Paige focus has resulted in us overlooking these other players who, were it not for Paige, we would be saying how thrilled we were with them all the time. I have watched as much as I could of them and they are really good, each with different skill sets. I just think they are going to earn PT. [/QUOTE]

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