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MUScoop => Hangin' at the Al => Topic started by: jesmu84 on December 10, 2020, 04:15:58 PM

Title: The Athletic: MU is a defensive team now
Post by: jesmu84 on December 10, 2020, 04:15:58 PM
https://theathletic.com/2245109/2020/12/10/why-marquettes-defense-is-for-now-its-identity/

I don't have a subscription, so no idea what it actually says
Title: Re: The Athletic: MU is a defensive team now
Post by: CountryRoads on December 10, 2020, 05:22:21 PM
To sum it up: Defensive is more of a focus and the team's identity than offensive this year.
Title: Re: The Athletic: MU is a defensive team now
Post by: Dr. Blackheart on December 10, 2020, 06:06:06 PM
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QuoteMoving toward a more disruptive defensive approach would be justifiable in any year. To that end, a subtle but salient shift in Marquette's ball-screen coverage philosophy is a bit of a reflection of the priority shift on the whole. In years past, Marquette mostly "iced" ball-screens, meaning it funneled the ball toward the sideline or baseline. This season it has defaulted much more to "blacking" ball-screens; generally speaking, the big men hedge harder as the opposing guard comes off the pick and are then responsible for sprinting back to the roll man while the on-ball guard recovers, all of which is intended to push the action away from the rim more forcefully.
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