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Message: [QUOTE="SoBristol, post: 2221219, member: 485"] Agree with your rejoinder -- that team happened to come together at the right time and get some luck in March, while our very best teams in this decade had bad luck. That final four team did not win with interior defense (or frontcourt scoring) -- it was driven by the all-around play of Gbinije and Richardson. Still, the point is that looking at that 2015-16 team in June, you wouldn't be expecting much at all from its interior defense. No one projected Lydon as a useful center, before JB made some comments in October that Lydon would be our backup there. Coleman was returning from rehab. Richardson was viewed as a gunner and indifferent on defense. The blue print for a good JB zone team (not saying FF): built around tall guards who can be active, and typical lanky wing players. Some perimeter scoring (Battle & Thorpe) and at least one inside scorer (Thompson). An underrated team. [/QUOTE]