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North Carolina 75 - (10) Kentucky 73
RunItUpTheGut Wrote:I know its not really Cal's style and after the WV game last year, doesnt seem to be in the playbook anywhere, but why dont we press any?

It seems like with a lineup this small, it would work in our favor to full court press teams and make them work to get the ball in every time we score. If we would have pressed WV last year we would have blown them out, they didnt even really have a true ball handler that was any good. Instead, we just set back and watched. Does anyone else think a good press would help this team?

I completely agree. We pressed WV like 5 mins last year and forced all kinds of turnovers and almost made the comeback. If we pressed the entire year we would of won the title.
This year's squad has one weakness that might not allow us to press much: lack of depth. UK gets in a lot of foul trouble playing half court defense, it'd be much worse playing an aggressive full court defense. If we did press JH and Vargas wouldn't be as much a defensive liability though.
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North Carolina 75 - (10) Kentucky 73 - by Aslan - 12-04-2010, 03:23 PM
North Carolina 75 - (10) Kentucky 73 - by Aslan - 12-04-2010, 03:24 PM
North Carolina 75 - (10) Kentucky 73 - by Amun-Ra - 12-04-2010, 03:28 PM
North Carolina 75 - (10) Kentucky 73 - by king360 - 12-04-2010, 03:29 PM
North Carolina 75 - (10) Kentucky 73 - by Aslan - 12-04-2010, 03:33 PM
North Carolina 75 - (10) Kentucky 73 - by Aslan - 12-04-2010, 03:36 PM
North Carolina 75 - (10) Kentucky 73 - by Aslan - 12-04-2010, 03:37 PM
North Carolina 75 - (10) Kentucky 73 - by Aslan - 12-04-2010, 03:43 PM
North Carolina 75 - (10) Kentucky 73 - by Amun-Ra - 12-04-2010, 03:44 PM
North Carolina 75 - (10) Kentucky 73 - by Jarons - 12-04-2010, 03:45 PM
North Carolina 75 - (10) Kentucky 73 - by Aslan - 12-04-2010, 03:47 PM
North Carolina 75 - (10) Kentucky 73 - by Aslan - 12-04-2010, 03:49 PM
North Carolina 75 - (10) Kentucky 73 - by MVP2 - 12-04-2010, 04:47 PM
North Carolina 75 - (10) Kentucky 73 - by sabo - 12-04-2010, 08:13 PM
North Carolina 75 - (10) Kentucky 73 - by LCC FAN - 12-04-2010, 08:52 PM
North Carolina 75 - (10) Kentucky 73 - by Aslan - 12-04-2010, 11:04 PM
North Carolina 75 - (10) Kentucky 73 - by Aslan - 12-04-2010, 11:05 PM
North Carolina 75 - (10) Kentucky 73 - by Amun-Ra - 12-04-2010, 11:56 PM
North Carolina 75 - (10) Kentucky 73 - by Aslan - 12-05-2010, 12:59 AM
North Carolina 75 - (10) Kentucky 73 - by BCF4L - 12-05-2010, 10:23 AM
North Carolina 75 - (10) Kentucky 73 - by BCF4L - 12-05-2010, 10:25 AM
North Carolina 75 - (10) Kentucky 73 - by Aslan - 12-05-2010, 12:55 PM
North Carolina 75 - (10) Kentucky 73 - by Jarons - 12-05-2010, 01:01 PM
North Carolina 75 - (10) Kentucky 73 - by LCC FAN - 12-05-2010, 02:08 PM
North Carolina 75 - (10) Kentucky 73 - by Jarons - 12-05-2010, 02:23 PM
North Carolina 75 - (10) Kentucky 73 - by BCF4L - 12-05-2010, 05:38 PM
North Carolina 75 - (10) Kentucky 73 - by MVP2 - 12-05-2010, 10:50 PM
North Carolina 75 - (10) Kentucky 73 - by MVP2 - 12-05-2010, 10:52 PM
North Carolina 75 - (10) Kentucky 73 - by Aslan - 12-06-2010, 12:38 AM
North Carolina 75 - (10) Kentucky 73 - by Aslan - 12-06-2010, 12:40 AM
North Carolina 75 - (10) Kentucky 73 - by Jarons - 12-06-2010, 06:14 PM
North Carolina 75 - (10) Kentucky 73 - by MVP2 - 12-06-2010, 07:17 PM
North Carolina 75 - (10) Kentucky 73 - by Aslan - 12-06-2010, 07:56 PM
North Carolina 75 - (10) Kentucky 73 - by Ballers - 12-07-2010, 09:10 AM
North Carolina 75 - (10) Kentucky 73 - by Ballers - 12-07-2010, 12:44 PM
North Carolina 75 - (10) Kentucky 73 - by Aslan - 12-07-2010, 02:23 PM
North Carolina 75 - (10) Kentucky 73 - by Aslan - 12-07-2010, 02:37 PM
North Carolina 75 - (10) Kentucky 73 - by Aslan - 12-07-2010, 10:19 PM
North Carolina 75 - (10) Kentucky 73 - by Ballers - 12-08-2010, 09:52 AM
North Carolina 75 - (10) Kentucky 73 - by Ballers - 12-08-2010, 09:53 AM

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