Noticed a similarity last night that UR also did in the first vcu game - on all the high picks at the wings and top of the key, UR was dropping two and three guys to the foul line on the switches, daring them to shoot the 3 coming off the pick and they never did. I don't follow UVa at all but having heard of their 'pack-line' defense, I was wondering if this may be a similar wrinkle to what Bennett is doing over there? It was very effective both games and I loved to see it b/c it prevented our undersized forwards from having to come help on penetrators.
Graham is a bulldozer but always goes to his right, would love to see UR force him left should the teams meet in the A10 tourney. He goes right, leads with his shoulder to initiate contact and double clutches. Almost impossible for a single defender to stop b/c of the contact, without drawing a foul or appearing to do so (thought UR got raw end of a couple of those). A good shot blocker like ANO could give weakside help on that double-clutch but he is obviously unavailable.
I thought other than a couple spots in the game (like end of first half) that the defensive rebounding was solid. Trey and Terry did a good job and Trey in particular had some man-up type boards where he ripped the ball from a pack of hands.
