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Message: [QUOTE="ctchamps, post: 1999928, member: 37"] The only point I can stretch and agree with you is to have had Jalen run the point, Rodney the off guard and have Gilbert come off the bench. And he employed that at times. But the reason UConn won the NC championship was that teams in the tournament struggled with UConn when we went small. Most of us were drooling about next season with the Bazz - Boat combo of Gilbert - Adams and then Alterique screws things up getting hurt (which could impact the development of the team next year). I'm sure KO was as shocked as the rest of us that the team shot so poorly. It was far worse than their historical averages. Had he known perhaps he would have started the players as you suggest sans Kentan. But what if he did and the same results happened. I'm wondering how much people would have been critical of playing that lineup and not starting Alterique alongside Jalen. Backseat coaching will always win. As far as Kentan goes KO got his wings playing for JC and JC emphasized DEFENSE first and foremost. He had a playbook and offense was only rudimentarily practiced until the defense was at the level he insisted. Kentan never got into the line up because his defense was poor. Same with Steve even though both Steve and Kentan could do more on the offensive end. If you want offense you seek out teams like Kansas and Duke. UConn won its NC's on the basis of emphasizing defense. And bringing up Kentucky as an example for modeling is an outlier. There is always some program in any sport people can point to and say look at them. How about looking at the predominance of programs that struggle when major changes occur. And even Kentucky was an 8 seed in 2014. It took a while for that team to gel. [/QUOTE]

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