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Message: [QUOTE="VA2NY, post: 4459025, member: 8590"] Lived in Charlottesville for a 6 years and went to and/or watched lot of their games. He’s got all his starters back. So in short a very experienced team. He added a really good 2022 class but also key portal transfers. Recruiting/player retention - The Charlottesville community and fan base love UVA basketball and Tony Bennett and so do recruits and their parents. He’s a HC who takes the time it appears to personally recruit and build actual personal relationships with recruits. He’s younger but has lots of experience. He’s always positive, a fiery competitor but always under control, builds players and their confidence up, has learned to let them play through mistakes rather than pull them immediately, corrects players one on on and doesn’t publicly tear them apart during games or shame them on the court much less in post game press conferences. Kids WANT to play for a coach like that. Playing style has been criticized as boring, too slow and methodical but from what I hear he has sped things up compared to the past. Lots of movement and screening on offense. No players standing around watching other players go one on one/two/three or playing hero ball. Team basketball looking for the best shot even if it takes five passes. But biggest focus is on defense. Coach Bennett says defense travels. Offense may be up or down but kids can always play defense because its all heart determination communication and teamwork. Play tough man to man with pride and don’t worry about other team’s offensive. Scout opponents players tendencies and defend to take their strengths away or at least make going to those strengths more difficult [/QUOTE]

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