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Message: [QUOTE="oldude, post: 5287586, member: 7511"] Some thoughts on basketball philosophy in the modern era. Pat Summitt was one of the two greatest coaches in the history of WBB. She won 8 national championships with a pretty simple philosophy. Recruit tough, athletic kids, coach’em up, play defense and rebound. That’s not to say that TN didn’t have some great offensive players. But they leaned on their defense and rebounding in the biggest games. It’s been 13 years since Pat coached her last game. But her influence on WBB is still there. SC and TX are two prime examples of the Pat Summit philosophy. Even UCLA with their reliance on pounding the ball inside to Betts plays a version of the physical, grind it out style of play that Pat championed. On the other side, you have Geno and a number of coaches who realized that low scoring, grind it out games, where teams are separated by a few points, are inherently risky to play over and over. As a result, Geno did more than any other coach to pioneer sophisticated offensive basketball that includes heavy reliance on up tempo transition, spreading the floor and a motion offense. Other coaches like MM, Niele Ivy, Lindsay Gottlieb and even Kim Mulkey have embraced high scoring, motion offenses. That doesn’t necessarily mean that either philosophy is right or wrong. But when you look at the surge in popularity of WBB relative to the arrival of CC & Paige in the W, or future pro stars JuJu, HH and Azzi, there is little doubt that the future of WBB relative to recruiting, fan and alumni support and winning championships will be tied to OFFENSE!!! [/QUOTE]

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