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[QUOTE="orangefan13, post: 1684009, member: 906"]
I was under the impression all our second half runs were when we put Howard in. Pitt went on like a 9-0 run to take the lead at half by 3 then they were all of a sudden up 12 early in the second. I can't remember but it seemed we cut it from 12 to 6 three times with howard in and bad things happened when howard stopped looking to drive.

Typical grind basketball, we always stop pressing when we tie it or are up. I didn't mind it for a play because pitt was flustered,  wish we had a 10 deep bench to play 10-15 solid minutes of press or man sometimes. College basketball has became a game of matchups and on and off nights, funny how the press made it feel that way.

Imagine a team starting slow when two bench players heat up at the end of the half, then they start slow in the second, and all of a sudden when those two bench players in you switch to aggressive tight defense on them and they start bricking everything. It would be nice to have that luxary to turn to, its so tiring watching these acc teams either body us to death on the perimeter or like pitt ride our body all the way to the rim but never get called for a body foul when bumping into us during layups. M2M defense gets away with so much bodying that its frustrating to watch a below average syracuse zone missing good recovery defense, and guys like Roberson, lydon can't drive as much against a defender right in front of them, while our opponents have some nobody with no dribbling skill go off for 17 against us.
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