Not sure if this has been brought up before, but is the 2-3 being introduced now subtley as a March option. You can't just play a new defense like this well in March without working on it live during the season. It's almost like a different "personnel group" in football, where we bring in a longer group with Ryan, Josh, Bridges, Kris, Chef. I'm wondering if this is being implemented to play against the Cat Barber types who are real dribble penetrate guys and stopping them might not be this teams forte. If we played 2-3 against NC State and forced them to shoot from the perimeter and limited dribble penetration, would that have helped. Also, it makes us longer and stronger on the glass which could also help us against larger, more athletic front lines. Those are typically the two reasons you go 2-3: you don't match up well in man and you don't want to get your boards pounded (as long as you check out...).
Wondering if Jay is playing this now and if we see that NC State dribble penetrate guy with some athletic bigs and limited shooters - the 2-3 becomes an option that we play fairly well as we've worked it during the regular season in a semi-stealth way where a March opponent wouldn't spend much time prepping for it as it's far from our base defense.
Also - looked at the 8/9 line. Lunardi has us playing the ND/UConn winner in Brooklyn. I think we all throw up with that draw. Other 8/9's way more palatable include GW, Cal, Indiana, Valpo, etc. Often in March there is some "be careful what you wish for". I do hope though that one way or another UCONN plays it's way off of our line.
Wondering if Jay is playing this now and if we see that NC State dribble penetrate guy with some athletic bigs and limited shooters - the 2-3 becomes an option that we play fairly well as we've worked it during the regular season in a semi-stealth way where a March opponent wouldn't spend much time prepping for it as it's far from our base defense.
Also - looked at the 8/9 line. Lunardi has us playing the ND/UConn winner in Brooklyn. I think we all throw up with that draw. Other 8/9's way more palatable include GW, Cal, Indiana, Valpo, etc. Often in March there is some "be careful what you wish for". I do hope though that one way or another UCONN plays it's way off of our line.
