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[QUOTE="Orangezoo, post: 5436123, member: 237"]
The thing about Houston that makes this work is the quality of their defensive rotations paired with how quickly and aggressively they close out when the scenario dictates it. Thus they maximize this particular physical metric vs simply it being a number.

What makes them different then is they can then avoid the issue that comes with a lumbering or less athletic 6-11/7 footer they ask to play the same way who is more easily beaten when he closes out given he can’t get there quite as fast and can’t move his feet as well when the offensive player tries to attack the close out.

It can’t be stressed enough though that this is in combination with great team defense that takes away other options in combination with this tactic. If you watch closely, even in this tape, every man is closely accounted for by the Houston defense even when they are shading an extra guy towards a certain KU player. When Tugler closes out his man on that block, you also see the entire Houston defense identify and guard their man more closely to take away the quick pass or be ready for a deflection. It’s really impressive to watch just how organized they are defensively.
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