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Message: [QUOTE="YKCornelius, post: 5355922, member: 9864"] I am hoping to see a solid uptick in defense from what everyone showed against BC. I expect a lot of practice effort to have been expended in the past two weeks on defensive schemes. Cutting off angles, shutting down passing lanes, moving feet to stay in front of the ballhandler, and (most importantly) communicating. Playing against a D-II school we shouldn't see late close-outs to shooters on the arc, because there really shouldn't be a need to collapse in the lane to shut down drives to the basket or to help out on a double-team against any particular opposing player. Going one step further, I think Geno and staff will be making playing time decisions going forward on who is playing their defensive role correctly as the team moves from big line-up to small line-up, and from zone to man back to zone. In short, I don't care how many points the Huskies score, I care about how many they give up. Individually and as a team. With Cardinals nine days later, I would have concerns if UConn gives up more than 40 points to the D-II Owls in front of a home crowd in Hartford. [/QUOTE]