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Message: [QUOTE="auror, post: 4188834, member: 1329"] Our defensive system has a weakness that is susceptible to the styles of offense that Villanova plays and that Creighton played last year (the game against Creighton this year they didn't play that way but made it tough on our offense but mostly we just shot like doodoo). We anchor our defense with rim protection. Villanova spreads you out about as far as you can go. so there is no weakside help. Then they attack the rim and shoot from 3. We also hedge PnR, which sometimes turns into a switch. Nova is also very good at hunting mismatches off switches. Today we tried some zone and tried to pressure their ball-handlers full-court. Unfortunately we're not any good at zone and their guards are experienced and strong. We weren't able to force enough turnovers and they got a few too many easy looks. They also shot >50% from 3, which always helps. [/QUOTE]