Oh yeah, of course, just have to be very, very, efficient with your shots. Which is really hard. Even one of the best teams in the nation, Houston, isn't quite that efficient, but I feel they are the best example of both sides.
Programs with elite resources landing elite athletes with great depth are generally the one's able to do both. It's difficult. Not saying if you're running 30 three attempt team you can't play decent defense, because you can.
Is more important than it has ever been due to the high majors taking who they want and stacking talent. Mid majors absolutely have to do things differently. We cannot roll the ball out there and do what everyone else does and expect to be different... There are few choices:
1. Our current Identity: Defensive minded with a slow methodical offense. As we all know, the last decade we have been a slow paced defensive minded basketball program. That is a niche we fell into and it works. I don't hate it. Recruit guys that WANT to play defense with length and land a guard here and there that can score it.
2. Fast paced 3 point shooting attack. Shoot thirty threes a night and tempo your opposition into tired legs. Go find the absolute best shooters you can nab at all 5 positions with little regard to size, run, play 50 ball on offense and a chaotic scramble type of defense.
We have to continue to be different as different is where the success is located. So, the names that we're seeing... Are they different?
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