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Message: [QUOTE="jekelish, post: 159740, member: 82"] Generally agree with this. We try to push the tempo with the press, but as soon as it is broken we sit back and let them kill the shot clock. You need to keep a high intensity defensively throughout the possession and, more importantly maybe, limit second chances to truly dictate the tempo. A good pressure defense will get teams out of their comfort zone and force rushed shots and sloppy passes. To credit Notre Dame, they didn't really force shots and only had a few really sloppy passes when we did press. You really have to give them credit, they countered our apparent gameplan exceptionally well (though some iffy calls and our inability to hit shots while they threw everything in didn't really help either). Notre Dame certainly deserved to win. [/QUOTE]