Why in the world doesn't/wouldn't every team we play run a press against us?

If even for the first half, a full court press against our team would totally exhaust us and we'd be putty in the second half, even against an inferior team.

11/29/2006 3:41:44 PM

shhh you know the acc head coaches read the wolf web

11/29/2006 3:42:30 PM

because a good press is somewhat difficult to implement correctly and if it doesn't work, it leads to easy points.

[Edited on November 29, 2006 at 3:44 PM. Reason : hj]

11/29/2006 3:43:34 PM

this is what they said 3 years ago when we went 11-5 in the league.


Too bad we sucked in the tournaments

11/29/2006 3:45:19 PM

Teams in the ACC know that once the in conference games start all the refs will call touch fouls and we will have no players left. No need to press.

11/29/2006 3:45:57 PM

fouls
fatigue
easy points once u break it
chaos

11/29/2006 3:49:16 PM

^what he said

11/29/2006 3:55:09 PM

Sure worked when Michigan turned it on the last 3 minutes of the game. Had they pressed early, especially when we were coming back and making the run, we likely wouldn't have won that game.

And for those of you who cite fatigue and fouls, that's one thing other teams shouldn't have to worry about compared to us.

11/29/2006 4:01:39 PM

Gary Williams will have a NICE press/full court trap implemented for our first game.

That man knows how to runs a press.


^Oh....and Amaker is a pretty shitty coach.

[Edited on November 29, 2006 at 4:09 PM. Reason : .]

11/29/2006 4:08:16 PM

Just wait till we play a team like UNC who runs up and down the court all game. We'll be exhausted and they'll be able to run up the score in the second half. Ugh. We really need some more bodies to throw on the court.

11/29/2006 4:09:08 PM

Running a full court press tires out the defense more than the offense anyway. It certainly requires more energy from the offense too, but defensive players feel it more (atleast that is how I always felt about it playing in high school).

11/29/2006 4:45:18 PM

Duke will for sure, they always run a press.

11/29/2006 4:46:32 PM

If even for the first half, a full court press against our team would totally exhaust us and we'd be putty in the second half, even against an inferior team.
no....it would exhaust them as well and because sidney lowe knows how to break a press and other teams dont want to get dunked on by gavin and fells for 40 mins

11/29/2006 4:51:58 PM

because once you beat the press, it's usually a 5-4 advantage for a few seconds while the D scrambles to get into formation

11/29/2006 5:10:00 PM

Quote :

"no....it would exhaust them as well and because sidney lowe knows how to break a press and other teams dont want to get dunked on by gavin and fells for 40 mins"

Yeah....

But other teams have more than 5 players.

11/29/2006 6:28:58 PM

the defense normally gets winded on a press, they have to run everywhere to cover and make traps

the offense as long as they are calm and dont get nervous and panic and create chaos normally can come out of a press easy

dont get the ball on the baseline or in the corner, keep it centered and a press is easy to break

I wouldnt be surprised to see it in a few games for a few minutes especially if Atsur is still hurt.

11/29/2006 6:32:06 PM

you make a good point slackerb. we don't have the depth to be able to make up for getting tired from the pressure of the press, and we certainly don't have a solid point guard to bail us out of one

11/29/2006 6:38:27 PM