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Message: [QUOTE="Bone Dog, post: 5174081, member: 12088"] This one is especially interesting. Pressing the opponent who presses is risky but could pay off. Running a press is a high energy gambit and if you don’t make them work hard on their offense when you can, it facilitates their press. But they’ve been running a press all game all season. They’re good at it, probably better than we are. Can we get better enough at the press in the next two weeks? Can we afford not to try? A couple of side issues: 1) Even if our main lineup can beat their press and force them to discontinue it, they are sure to press the other lineups we put out there. Seton hall did this to some good effect in the 4th quarter. One solution is to run the main lineup longer which will require preparation, too, for stamina at least. 2) Running our half court offense, if we move the ball well, can be exhausting. It might be tempting to go for a quick score, especially if they retreat into a zone. But if they run a man-defense it may be useful to use the entire shot clock in order to tire them out. In the end, I think pressing their press may be the best tactic. If it works, Tennessee will be forced to stop pressing and retreat to a less familiar form of game play. Another side of our game is transition offense that comes out of forcing turnovers from their half court offense. We are among the best in the country at this. Once we’ve broken their press, we need to force turnovers. They need to pay a price for their press and our transition offense is where we enforce it. [/QUOTE]

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