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Message: [QUOTE="6Nattys4Us, post: 5210426, member: 13819"] Agreed, but let's shine a light on why we are a poor defensive team: 1. We turn the ball over more than are opponents do = more easy buckets for them than us. 2. Our guards are not +defenders. = we lack the steals, and the height to block shots which gives teams higher fg pct. 3. We foul a lot more than our opponents = 2pt +1 or 3pt +1 are killers to defensive ratings based on pts given up per 100 possessions. 4. Liam was out for a month = loss of a +defender and offensive threat replaced by Stewart mainly = less defense, less offense 5. Diarra limited with knee issue and lack of replacement PG - while Mahaney is NOT a turnover machine he does not create for the team on offence and Nowell is too limited in minutes to make a dent in stats - without Diarra our offensive efficiency suffers and we are on defense more. The good news is even last year our defensive pressure amped up in the post season - of course a 30-0 run in the elite 8 game will do amazing things for your defensive rating (fg pct or pts given up per 100 possessions). But we dialed it up in March well above our 23-24 regular season stats showed. [/QUOTE]