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[QUOTE="Twolf, post: 2932801, member: 8437"]
While you are correct that UConn can switch all screens, that might be true with the starting five, but what about when they sub?  My point is that maybe you’re switching 1 thru 5 with the starting lineup, but Liv or Irwin aren’t capable of that so now you’re not switching when their man is involved.  Casual fans underestimate the value of having intelligent players who remember everything in the scout, and adapt on the fly when your team or the opponent subs.  Switching defenses is effective unless you have a player who confuses your own team instead of the opponent.  Maybe you’re switching all ball screens, but switching none of the screens away from the ball.  Two things that make all these defensive schemes effective are the intelligence of your players, and how well they communicate with each other.  All of this takes a great deal of quality practice, and a great deal of discipline.  UConn is fortunate to have a coach who is a master of teaching both of those.  If you remember in the Purdue game CW got her tail feathers singed pretty brutally by the head coach for not handling a switch the correct way.
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