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Message: [QUOTE="longislandcuse, post: 2522991, member: 937"] I'm not sure why the whole McDonald's AA thing is the fall back excuse as to why Duke took our 2-3 and played it better this year.. Duke has been a below average defensive team lately with their OAD's. They switched to a zone, play it a bit differently than us, and are dominating people. Does them being Mickey D's cause them to not collapse when the ball gets to the FT line? Does it cause them to be able to defend constant wide open threes? Does it allow them to do a token 2-2-1 press to take advantage of a 30 second shot clock? We have an All-ACC defender up top, Tyus Battle who is also a long, quick defender, long wings and a shot blocker on the inside... Defense is about scheme, heart and focus. Players aren't top 10 recruits because they defended well in high school. [/QUOTE]