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Message: [QUOTE="champs99and04, post: 5305035, member: 488"] I think that can be accomplished through the personnel changes alone. Johnson and Diarra were good players that probably got asked to do a bit too much last year. I expect the presence of Demary plus the added Reed minutes (he'll probably play 25-27 as opposed to 20) to vault them back towards that territory. The tempo part of it is more interesting to me because of how different the approach is from one coach to another around the country. Guys like Sampson, Painter, Hurley, Wright, etc. have enjoyed a lot of success slowing it down whereas the Pearl's, Pitino's, Few's and Oats' seem committed to doing it the opposite way. It might be the best big picture team-building debate going in the sport right now. I don't necessarily believe Hurley when he says they're going to play faster (lots of coaches say this every offseason and most don't follow though), but if they do it'd be a big change. [/QUOTE]