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BIVOLAR_BEARE writes:

in response to johnlg00:

I think with their thin numbers right now, they will have to be very judicious in using the press. It can be a great change of pace for any team and very effective in spots, but they don't have the numbers to commit to an all-out "40 minutes of hell" pressing game.

Nobody can, why do think Nolan Richardson's teams were never able to duplicate what his early 90's squads did? It's called 40 min of h3ll, but in reality it's 20 min of pressing strategically placed to make the opponent feel like they're under pressure to get the ball passed the timeline all game long. Also WBB doesn't use the 10 second rule to half court so pressing constantly in WBB usually leads to easy layups unless the team is very quick and keeps players back to guard against press failures. The old Pat Summitt teams would pick the right moment to press and trap the entry pass recipient in the corner or slap the pass away in the key. IMO, UT should press more especially when they have a quickness advantage like they did against Notre Dame.

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