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[QUOTE="Niastri, post: 2666715, member: 722"]
I agree that defense was the number one reason we did well in the tournament last year.

On the other hand, your response to my offensive comment prompted me to go back and refresh my memory. Looking at the highlights of the games we won, every possession was Igor's Dinoball isolation offense.  I distinctly remember it being hard to watch...

But... We started having purpose in our offensive penetration. Almost every basket was started with (and usually finished) with a drive from the perimeter from Brissett, Battle or Howard.  They used a huge assortment of floaters, fade aways and dipsy dootles to get their points.  It also resulted in a crazy amount of blocked shots and ugly misses.  Sometimes the only way we got scored upon was by our own ugly offense starting fast breaks for the other team. However, the disruption caused by our big three getting constant penetration allowed what little offense we got from the other guys.

God I hope we can get away from that ugly do nothing offense this year... But if we can get consistent deadly penetration from the big three again, this year will be a good one. If we can get better finishing after dribble penetration (and fouls called when Brissett attacks the basket) and incremental three point shooting improvement, it will be spectacular!
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