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[QUOTE="sufandu, post: 1019586, member: 874"]
It was better last year, but I also saw MCW have difficulty keeping small quick guards in front of him last year.  Most of his steals came the same way we got steals this year, deflections from other defenders or jumping in passing lanes.  Much of this is from the design of the defense.  MCW obviously used his length to do it better than our guys this year, but the fact that Ennis is considered a weak defender and he still got 2 per game shows the scheme has a strong influence on it.

You're right that it might be hard to compare the two because of the era, but I've never seen another Syracuse guard D up on an opposing guard and harass him the way Hart did.  And I don't say this as a Hart apologist.  He used to drive me crazy with his tendency to drive into the lane too deep while rarely, if ever, dishing to someone inside or kicking it out to the perimeter.  I also cringed everytime I saw him pull up for a 3 with that table top flat jumper of his.  It probably is worth mentioning that he was able to stay in the NBA as long as he did despite how offensively challenged he was.
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