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Message: [QUOTE="pfister1, post: 153328, member: 285"] Just because the offensive team gets the ball into the front court doesn't mean they've "broken" the press, oftentimes the press forces a player you wouldn't want holding the ball into a hurried decision in the front court resulting in a poor shot or a turnover. Last night even though Pitt was able to get the ball up the floor against the press, they almost never converted it to a score (I don't recall them converting it to a score, but am not sure that they didn't). If they get the ball into the front court and then throw it to the ball boy under their offensive basket because it is the wrong two players trying to execute a fast break layup that is a possession in which the press worked. It isn't designed just to force turnovers in the back court. I thought the press did what JB would have wanted it to do last night. I was surprised we didn't use it more last night simply because Pitt was down ball handlers. [/QUOTE]