As I sat watching Uconn destroy Duke last night in a 75-40 nail-biter (cough cough), I couldn’t help but notice the difference in style each of the teams played… and what a difference one style made versus the other.
The one word that best describes UConn’s game is “quick.” The moment fingers touch leather they are in a race to get to the basket on the other end of the floor. They attacked without hesitation and most of their scoring came off of fast breaks.
Duke on the other hand, didn’t push the ball up the floor with any sense of urgency. Instead, they were content with allowing UConn’s defense to get down the court and get set up… which made it far more difficult to get an easy basket in transition. Why would you willingly allow a defense to setup before trying to score?
Unless of course you wanted to lose by 35 points...
Unless of course you wanted to lose by 35 points...
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