That defense was a treat to watch ...

[Palindrome_rivals517509]

… and the beauty of this win was not only the disruptive and opportunistic defense, but rebounding, plus scrapping for 50/50 balls, plus not committing more than a few turnovers, and finding ways to get the ball inside. I know DP deserves a lot of credit as “player of the game”, but even MORE than that I loved the aggressive and “plugged in” defense of virtually the whole team, all night long.

Collins deserves credit for inspiring and/or instructing this squad to play “top 10% defense", an aspect that tended to be an afterthought in some years gone by.

 

[TheC]

… and the beauty of this win was not only the disruptive and opportunistic defense, but rebounding, plus scrapping for 50/50 balls, plus not committing more than a few turnovers, and finding ways to get the ball inside. I know DP deserves a lot of credit as “player of the game”, but even MORE than that I loved the aggressive and “plugged in” defense of virtually the whole team, all night long.

Collins deserves credit for inspiring and/or instructing this squad to play “top 10% defense", an aspect that tended to be an afterthought in some years gone by.

Absolutely agree. Our D was stifling and it was due to really hard work. That is one thing that is very different about Coach Collins' teams at NU. Despite the obvious flaws elsewhere, that is what keeps me in his camp still...... for now.

 

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The cats got pretty lucky on several possessions where osu penetrated and kicked out a wide open man who then badly borked the three, but overall I thought the cats were much more effective at collapsing and rotating to stop or defend the kick out. They got at least four turnovers off of bad passes out, in addition to blocks inside, and etc.

 

[haywood jahblowme]

The cats got pretty lucky on several possessions where osu penetrated and kicked out a wide open man who then badly borked the three, but overall I thought the cats were much more effective at collapsing and rotating to stop or defend the kick out. They got at least four turnovers off of bad passes out, in addition to blocks inside, and etc.

if the cats got lucky, then our competition has gotten lucky the entire year because the cats have done the same exact stuff on offense in multiple games

 

[Medill90]

The cats got pretty lucky on several possessions where osu penetrated and kicked out a wide open man who then badly borked the three, but overall I thought the cats were much more effective at collapsing and rotating to stop or defend the kick out. They got at least four turnovers off of bad passes out, in addition to blocks inside, and etc.

KenPom has the Cats' defense ranked #19....30 games into the season that's a ****-ton of luck.

Under ten minutes to play in the second half OSU guards chucked up at at least two desperation shots that went in...one a two and one a three....I though, uh oh.

 

[hdhntr1]

… and the beauty of this win was not only the disruptive and opportunistic defense, but rebounding, plus scrapping for 50/50 balls, plus not committing more than a few turnovers, and finding ways to get the ball inside. I know DP deserves a lot of credit as “player of the game”, but even MORE than that I loved the aggressive and “plugged in” defense of virtually the whole team, all night long.

Collins deserves credit for inspiring and/or instructing this squad to play “top 10% defense", an aspect that tended to be an afterthought in some years gone by.

It was not even an afterthought