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Message: [QUOTE="jordoo, post: 1717488, member: 569"] This is something that has long been a theory of mine and many others since Howland first started the clutch and grab @ Pitt. There shouldn't really be any such thing as a "PHYSICAL" style of defense. Think about that for a little bit . . . . . . . . right that's pretty much fouling by constantly impeding the offensive player using physical pressure. In regular season and especially conference play most of these fouls have not been called for many years. They are trying to clean it up however. I think Bennett's system is no where near what Howland's, Dixon's, Buzz and RickyP's were in the hay day but it is still predicated on using physical pressure to impede once the offensive player gains an advantage. Buttler was perhaps the worst because being a midmajor they still weren't called for this in the NCAAT and found great success because of that advantage. [/QUOTE]