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Message: [QUOTE="IthacaMatt, post: 5351515, member: 405"] Yeah, I'm sorry but I don't buy this. Yes, AAU ball places emphasis on outscoring the opposition. But high school coaches keep their jobs by winning games, too. And that takes defense. There's a difference in physicality and maturity of players as you move up a level. That makes you up your game defensively (or fail to up your game, as the case may be ...). These guys were taught defense by some coach before they got to college, and they ought to understand the fundamentals before they ever get offered a college scholarship. Defense needs to be taught in college to show you how to get leverage and maintain position against bigger guys and handle more sophisticated game plans. (Red just seems to have no idea how to coach defense at all, it's true.) But these guys should have some idea of how to play defense before they ever get here. [/QUOTE]