Anyone here remember watching Valvano play box & one or triangle & two defense when they won the title?
I knew going into the USC game coach would want to stick with Duke's man to man and try to out physical the Gamecocks. When Kennard , Tatum and Jackson got 3 fouls in the first half I was hoping Coach would make some adjustments due to how the refs were calling the game.
I would have liked a zone or box & one with Vrank, Javin and White up front w Grayson & Matt in the backcourt. For 5-7 minutes I would have liked Duke to have used those guys to give fouls and hopefully draw fouls on USC. White would have face guarded star player for Gamecocks. May not have worked but it would have least given them a different look and saved Duke's energy for second half. Coach finally changed to a zone but starters were too spent by then.
Valvano used to do this frequently. It often worked to his advantage.
On another note would you say Javin is as good of a player as Jefferson was as a freshman?
I check stats and as a freshman Jefferson played 405 minutes or 12 per game and averaged 4 pts a game. Looks to me playing time helped his development. No reason not to play a few more of the players on the bench.
I knew going into the USC game coach would want to stick with Duke's man to man and try to out physical the Gamecocks. When Kennard , Tatum and Jackson got 3 fouls in the first half I was hoping Coach would make some adjustments due to how the refs were calling the game.
I would have liked a zone or box & one with Vrank, Javin and White up front w Grayson & Matt in the backcourt. For 5-7 minutes I would have liked Duke to have used those guys to give fouls and hopefully draw fouls on USC. White would have face guarded star player for Gamecocks. May not have worked but it would have least given them a different look and saved Duke's energy for second half. Coach finally changed to a zone but starters were too spent by then.
Valvano used to do this frequently. It often worked to his advantage.
On another note would you say Javin is as good of a player as Jefferson was as a freshman?
I check stats and as a freshman Jefferson played 405 minutes or 12 per game and averaged 4 pts a game. Looks to me playing time helped his development. No reason not to play a few more of the players on the bench.
