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<blockquote data-quote="YlJacket" data-source="post: 829895" data-attributes="member: 2784"><p>I agree about the 5 spot in comparison to prior years. Howard is more a banger/rebounder who has had foul trouble and Saba still hasn't found his defensive legs. But what we do have is an athletic bunch of wings plus an above average (not Jose level) PG on D. So the question is how do you put that group together for as solid a defensive team as you can. And how much do you allocate playing time based on defense?</p><p></p><p>My personal opinion is we could be a man team if we play Moore at the 3 and attempt to stay in front of the perimeter players lessening the need for the eraser. We should be athletic enough to do that. But it would expose Howard to playing the post man to man which was a foul problem last year. That is one option but it means we are trying to defend our way to wins as Moore has not been a threat on the offensive end (hope that has changed). And I would be surprised (pleasantly so) if we can play man with both Howard and a freshman (Coleman) at the 3. </p><p></p><p>That is why I expect us to be primarily a zone team to start - both to hide Howard and allow the young (hopefully scoring) wings to get playing time. I think it is the easiest way to allow the 3 bigs to survive and get the 12/8/2 combo stats you and I are looking for. Also helps the young wings. And underneath it all, as I said above, I don't believe we can go all defense with the veterans and win in the ACC. Even if we get back to the defensive efficiency levels we had before, we were not winning consistently. We have to be balanced - look for scoring to replace what we lost and be good enough defensively.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="YlJacket, post: 829895, member: 2784"] I agree about the 5 spot in comparison to prior years. Howard is more a banger/rebounder who has had foul trouble and Saba still hasn't found his defensive legs. But what we do have is an athletic bunch of wings plus an above average (not Jose level) PG on D. So the question is how do you put that group together for as solid a defensive team as you can. And how much do you allocate playing time based on defense? My personal opinion is we could be a man team if we play Moore at the 3 and attempt to stay in front of the perimeter players lessening the need for the eraser. We should be athletic enough to do that. But it would expose Howard to playing the post man to man which was a foul problem last year. That is one option but it means we are trying to defend our way to wins as Moore has not been a threat on the offensive end (hope that has changed). And I would be surprised (pleasantly so) if we can play man with both Howard and a freshman (Coleman) at the 3. That is why I expect us to be primarily a zone team to start - both to hide Howard and allow the young (hopefully scoring) wings to get playing time. I think it is the easiest way to allow the 3 bigs to survive and get the 12/8/2 combo stats you and I are looking for. Also helps the young wings. And underneath it all, as I said above, I don't believe we can go all defense with the veterans and win in the ACC. Even if we get back to the defensive efficiency levels we had before, we were not winning consistently. We have to be balanced - look for scoring to replace what we lost and be good enough defensively. [/QUOTE]
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