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Message: [QUOTE="80shusky, post: 4893293, member: 5992"] It looked to me like Creighton did to UConn what Kansas did but to greater effect. They extended the D on Spencer and Karaban and basically faceguarded them. All while sagging off Castle (he was out for Kansas though so Hass) and extending on Newton and making them try to beat you. Push Kalk back in the middle to play zone D, get Clingan in foul trouble, and shoot over 50% from 3 on volume shooting and you’ve got a blowout. Kansas wasn’t able to execute this the entire game consistently, so UConn made up some ground in the 2nd half. Creighton had the bodies to do it and executed it the entire game. I’m not sure how you game plan to stop this or if you need to. Not many teams have the coaching and roster to pull this off, let alone consistently for 40 minutes. I think most coaches know if they shut down two of UConn’s best players, shoot 50% from three and get the starting center in foul trouble they have a good chance to win. [/QUOTE]