Mooney likes to leave the 3 point shooters free on the wings. Our guys running out to defend as the ball leaves the shooter's hands. Great coaching...a winning philosophy. Been burned all season on that.
Not allowing teams to score in the paint, is this not a fundamental of Tony Bennett's UVa team currently ranked in the Top Ten? Just what I have read/heard.
Well, Bennett employs a lot of principals like stopping scoring in the paint, rebounding, stopping dribble penetration, etc, etc that we do not seem to value. He is on an entirely different planet.
It absolutely is. The difference is that a) they are actually good at it, b) they can defend on the ball well enough that they don't lose track of their men, c) they are big enough that it is actually difficult for the ball-handler to kick out out to a three-point shooter and d) they are athletic enough that when the first three points fail, they can close out on an open shooter so that he is not actually open when he shoots.
My dear tick friend
"Puts players in position that fail is more likely than stop"
Good idea, but it would require that Mooney learn something new. We have seen that a Princeton degree doesn’t require critical thinking or ingenuity.
