In the Huddle - Vegas Opportunities

[Sturgeon General Warrior]

Most of the FS1 "In the Huddle" is just coaches saying nothing of substance but they caught Shaka with an interesting nugget in the 2nd half of the Butler game - something like there are Vegas opportunities but if you go for it you have to commit. I'm guessing he was talking about gambling for steals because the next handful of possessions out of timeout were guys coming off their defender to try to jump a pass or double team. Stevie forces a turnover on one and ZL got the runout on another.
I absolutely love this style of defense. Unpredictable. High-risk, high reward, where the reward is a pick-six Ross dunk. You're going to have to live with some easy backdoor layups but it seems like when MU plays this style of defense they end up better off on balance. 

[JakeBarnes]

Most of the FS1 "In the Huddle" is just coaches saying nothing of substance but they caught Shaka with an interesting nugget in the 2nd half of the Butler game - something like there are Vegas opportunities but if you go for it you have to commit. I'm guessing he was talking about gambling for steals because the next handful of possessions out of timeout were guys coming off their defender to try to jump a pass or double team. Stevie forces a turnover on one and ZL got the runout on another.
I absolutely love this style of defense. Unpredictable. High-risk, high reward, where the reward is a pick-six Ross dunk. You're going to have to live with some easy backdoor layups but it seems like when MU plays this style of defense they end up better off on balance. 

100% about going "all in" on a steal. We've been burned a bit with the players jumping routes lately (Chase) so I think the huddle was touching on limiting damage for such things.

[Pepe Sylvia]

Yeah, vegas for MU means the pick six steals, Shaka definitely gave the definition of it in a post game interview at some point.

[tower912]

Also, when MU traps, he wants them to trap aggressively.  The trapping is basically player decisions based on the principles they instill.  If a player sees an opportunity, take it.

[Coleman]

Defense lately reminds me of a half court version of the Havoc defense Shaka employed at VCU. Havoc-light

[Daniel]

Also, when MU traps, he wants them to trap aggressively.  The trapping is basically player decisions based on the principles they instill.  If a player sees an opportunity, take it.

Yes this, I'm sure. A lot of times we double-team the guy with the ball and it looks like we have him trapped .... Then one of our players backs off to cover another spot.

[The Sultan]

Also Marquette's defense is also about setting the tempo for their offense. When Marquette can force the pace, get steals or forces bad shots, their offense gets moving downhill quickly. Look what happened at the beginning of the second half last night. That type of defense can create momentum.

[Newsdreams]

Yes this, I'm sure. A lot of times we double-team the guy with the ball and it looks like we have him trapped .... Then one of our players backs off to cover another spot.

Are you talking perimeter on top? Because that is on purpose to guard someone cutting to the basket, NBA type D.

[NCMUFan]

Butler is a good half court offensive team.
First half, they easily got in their half court offense and had the lead.
I kept thinking to myself, you got it make it hard for them to get into their half court offense.
Second half, they hassled Butler bringing the ball up the court and it shortened their setup time and messed up their half court offense enough.

[The Lens]

It's nice listening to these and learning something.