Quote: Originally posted by mlatsko1 on 5/20/2010Hah, love this topic. I'd like to submit, Exhibit C... as in UC!Start the season, 4-9, RPI roughly around 140. Defense: Press
IQ: A+, A, A-, A-, A-, A-, B+Last 9 games, 8-1, RPI down to 63 (was 56 this morning). Defense: M2M/Press Combo
Man IQ: Never practiced it at the start of the streak. :-)Since then, I've completely stopped practicing Press, went totally to man. Sure there are other factors that play a part in all of this, but the results have been ridiculous. I haven't just beaten good teams, I've beat them down.The 1st game was against #6 (was higher then I think) in the country, which we handled by 18.... SURE.. working as intended.
With the Fullcourt Press I was 17-10 and preparing to play a team I had lost to by 37 and 21 points in the regular season.
When I switched to Half Court Press/Man (with 3 guys at B- prestige and quite a few C's and D's) I won by 7 and then switched back to FCP for the final against a team I had lost to by 20 and defeated by 33. I lost by 6 in OT.
As the #11 seed I switched back to HCP/Man and beat the #6 seed 72-52 and the #3 seed 58-43 before losing 65-43 to the eventual national champ.