I think it is a gimmick defense. It works for VCU because they play in a midmajor conference and when they play other teams, those teams have not seen it.
If they played a BT schedule, it would be exposed, imo, just like Iowa's press under Tom Davis was exposed by good BT teams. Davis had good teams but they never won anything with it. It worked better for them at home where they got more calls, but when they brought that press to Champaign, we often scored at will when we broke the press. Some big scoring nights up to 118, iirc.
If they played a BT schedule, it would be exposed, imo, just like Iowa's press under Tom Davis was exposed by good BT teams. Davis had good teams but they never won anything with it. It worked better for them at home where they got more calls, but when they brought that press to Champaign, we often scored at will when we broke the press. Some big scoring nights up to 118, iirc.