If you play M2M, have your best defenders guard the opponent's players with the higest distro.  Look at their points-in-the paint to determine +/- .  If they score less than 40% of their points inside, play a + defense.  I would reduce this by 1 if the are a better overall rebounding team than you.  For instance, if the score 38% of their points in the paint, play a +1.  Then, if they are a better rebounding team based on their overall rebounding rating, play them balanced.  If you are better at rebounding, leave as is.  I rarely play a - defense unless they score more than 45% of their points inside or they are better overall rebounders.  Play a +2 if PIP is less than 35%, +3 if less than 30%, etc.  HD is geared more to guards and SF and most teams like to shoot the 3.  Set your +/- to adjust no matter what.  Don't DT unless they only have 1 or 2 guys getting all the distro.  Do not short change yourself in speed/ath/def when recruiting, even in bigs. 

These are only my opinions and I've never won a NC.  However, I am able to hold my own in the ultra-competitive BE in Wooden.  You should probably sitemail some very successful coaches who probably don't want to post exactly how they gameplan.

where do you find Points in Paint stats? I don't see it anywhere on the STATS or GAME LOG for a team.

Posted by btetzl50 on 5/26/2011 2:46:00 PM (view original):
where do you find Points in Paint stats? I don't see it anywhere on the STATS or GAME LOG for a team.

It is only on the individual box scores.  I usually don't even worry about that, you can gague whether or not to play plus/minus by looking at the percentage of shots they take from behind the 3pt line and the percentage they shoot on them.