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Message: [QUOTE="General20, post: 90331, member: 724"] Virginia Tech chose to hold the ball for close to 35 second every time they had it. Are you saying that teams can't run down the shot clock against man D, only zone? Virginia Tech was playing pressure D down the stretch and we had no problem running down the shot clock against them. John Thompson Sr's Georgetown teams played about the best pressure man D that has ever been played and Princeton famously had no trouble winding down the shot clock against them. If you are saying you can control how long the other team holds the ball by how much pressure you apply, I'm sorry but you are dead wrong. Any half way decent team can run down the shot clock just as well against man as they can against zone. A good pressure man defense should be able to force a lot of turnovers, but guess what? We forced Virginia Tech into a ton of turnovers last night, so your point is really not valid in any way, shape or form. [/QUOTE]