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[QUOTE="Oráiste, post: 1929354, member: 5974"]
even if we run, we still limit the number of block chances by our defensive scheme.  We force teams to grind on their offensive end, passing the ball around the perimeter looking for an opening.  That gives us one of the longest average defensive possession lengths in the nation.  Going back to the beginning of the Shut It Down era, here is how SU has ranked
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[*]2010 - 25th
[*]2011 - 3rd
[*]2012 - 1st
[*]2013 - 3rd
[*]2014 - 1st
[*]2015 - 21st
[*]2016 - 1st
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and, at the same time, we are also among the national leaders in steal percentage
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[*]2010 - 4th
[*]2011 - 9th

[*]2012 - 5th
[*]2013 - 7th

[*]2014 - 4th

[*]2015 - 14th
[*]2016 - 4th
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so, between slowing opponents down on the one hand, cutting their possessions short with steals on the other hand, and baiting them into taking bad threes on the [I]other [/I]other hand, we just don't have as many opportunities for blocks . . . but when we get those opportunities, we are always among the best at sending them!
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