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<blockquote data-quote="ChiefGritty" data-source="post: 1430955" data-attributes="member: 746137"><p>West Virginia has been pretty awesome under Huggins. His tenure there would compare very favorably to Lou Henson's here, for instance. And they've really only been doing full-on "Press Virginia" the way Underwood is trying the last four years and they've gone to 3 Sweet Sixteens. It's been very successful.</p><p></p><p>But anyway, it's not that we don't have the perfect personnel, it's that we're not even close to having the right personnel.</p><p></p><p>How bad must Samba Kane be if he can't get on the floor? We're desperate for his sort of presence.</p><p></p><p>You can see what the message is from opposing coaches, to keep the ball moving quickly on offense, and when our over-pursuit leaves somebody open, be aggressive, Illinois might take a charge but they aren't going to block the shot. We're imposing a trade (turnovers and charges in exchange for fouls and layups and wide open 3's) that opposing teams are readily accepting and it's working for them. That tells you it's time to tweak some things. West Virginia can challenge you at the rim in a scramble drill scenario. We can't.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ChiefGritty, post: 1430955, member: 746137"] West Virginia has been pretty awesome under Huggins. His tenure there would compare very favorably to Lou Henson's here, for instance. And they've really only been doing full-on "Press Virginia" the way Underwood is trying the last four years and they've gone to 3 Sweet Sixteens. It's been very successful. But anyway, it's not that we don't have the perfect personnel, it's that we're not even close to having the right personnel. How bad must Samba Kane be if he can't get on the floor? We're desperate for his sort of presence. You can see what the message is from opposing coaches, to keep the ball moving quickly on offense, and when our over-pursuit leaves somebody open, be aggressive, Illinois might take a charge but they aren't going to block the shot. We're imposing a trade (turnovers and charges in exchange for fouls and layups and wide open 3's) that opposing teams are readily accepting and it's working for them. That tells you it's time to tweak some things. West Virginia can challenge you at the rim in a scramble drill scenario. We can't. [/QUOTE]
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