Interested in getting some feedback for my NCWC team. I have been running slowdown tempo by default, as I have traditionally felt my teams lacked in defense and athleticism. I have had decent success, and have enjoyed very offensively efficient teams. However, with slowdown I have a lot of close games and therefore very little room for error for turnovers/free throws.

What do you guys think? How would you approach tempo in my position?

Thanks

If my team is a big underdog, or decidedly less in ATH/SP, I use slowdown

Decent succes is always a relative term. I think you should be shooting for making the nt, bu you've done well, I guess, in making the PI. For the team as it is you're going to need to play mostly slowdown, but for building the team for the future you're really going to need to recruit more athleticism and better defense, even playing zone. But it seems like you already realize that. But seriously, now you need to go out and get more of hose guys