04-06-2021, 12:00 PM
Arizona applied moderate pressure and we had 21 turnovers, and that's with an accomplished point guard and three potential ballhandlers. I wonder what would have happened had they tried to do a full court press.
Next year, if I am an opposing coach, I would try to see if I can force Stanford into some turnovers and easy points with full court pressure. I expect that next year we will have an excellent defense and a very good half-court offense with weapons in at least 4 out of the 5 positions (maybe even 5/5 if you have a lineup that goes Jump, Hull, Jones, Prechtel, and Brink with Jones as the ballhandler), but unproven ballhandling. So, your best bet is to disrupt Stanford's ability to get it's half-court offense set and try to score in transition off turnovers. It almost worked for Arizona, and they didn't even do a full-court press.
BC
Next year, if I am an opposing coach, I would try to see if I can force Stanford into some turnovers and easy points with full court pressure. I expect that next year we will have an excellent defense and a very good half-court offense with weapons in at least 4 out of the 5 positions (maybe even 5/5 if you have a lineup that goes Jump, Hull, Jones, Prechtel, and Brink with Jones as the ballhandler), but unproven ballhandling. So, your best bet is to disrupt Stanford's ability to get it's half-court offense set and try to score in transition off turnovers. It almost worked for Arizona, and they didn't even do a full-court press.
BC