So, you think you will be the second team all season to hold us to 70 or less? Do you really believe, like your coach, that you are the 10th best defense in the country? What do you think your defense would be ranked if you had played a schedule with average D1 difficulty?
We like you guys and what you are doing with the program, but can't just sit here and let you claim to be able to be the second team all season to hold us to 70, especially when your coach opens his press conference acknowledging that we have one of the best offenses in the country [against one of the toughest schedules in the country].
Now, to move into actual basketball strategy conversation, what do you think your defense will be able to accomplish against us?
1. Stopping Kane from penetrating to start plays, including drawing fouls when he takes it all the way to the basket.
2. Not giving up open 3s from perimeter passes.
3. Preventing back door passes for layups, reverse layups, and alley oops.
4. Stopping passes into the middle (like Baylor has done well twice on us).
5. Stopping moves by Niang or Ejim after getting passes in the paint.
6. Preventing passes from the paint to guys for open 3s.
The problem is that we do all these things from almost any offensive set. Thus, it comes down to execution. If we do any of these well, we will break down your defense, and open up most of the others. And that doesn't even address our pace on pushing the ball up court.