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[QUOTE="44cuse, post: 200825, member: 693"]
I think many would argue that we are playing better teams right now.  RF pointed to something in an earlier thread about "The Gauntlet" that we just ran and may (most?) folks being happy if we came out with 1 loss.  We came out with no losses.  It's a weird thing and I'm not really sure I would categorize/describe it.  And the ways I would do it, you get skewered on this board.
 
But there is no way anyone can tell me we are playing as well now (or with as much energy, enthusiasm, emotion) as we were earlier on.  This team had some zip, pep, balls, whatever you want to call it earlier on that seems to be missing now.
 
This is just my opinion and I have no inside information on this either way.  But for some reason I have this feeling that JB knows this and is allowing the team to play at this pace/style because he knows we can turn teams over and score in transition.  And there are three primary ways to do that:
 
1. Trap out of the zone
2. Own the defensive glass
3. Press
 
Again, I could be completely wrong, but it just feels to me like JB is going to unleash #3 because he knows the impact it will have on tempo via transition buckets.  Kind of like letting it rip.
 
I firmly believe we are the 2nd (if not the best) team in the country.  We just aren't playing like it right now.
 
44cuse
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