I’m thinking about switching to a press defense. What do I need to be successful with the press? I’ve always used man to man. I see people say Ath, Spd, and Def. But, That’s obvious for every defense.

Close to a full roster

You need more stamina and people. Shot block is probably worth a little less than that in man.

Posted by Tiptop00 on 2/10/2020 8:04:00 PM (view original):
I’m thinking about switching to a press defense. What do I need to be successful with the press? I’ve always used man to man. I see people say Ath, Spd, and Def. But, That’s obvious for every defense.

Switch to 2-3zone/press run slowdown I have had generally great success against beginners or fresh potential.

12 players. TARGET stamina in recruiting (as in look for it, prioritize it, don't just take some good stamina if it's there). Make your SF position just a 3rd guard spot. So you'll want to have roughly 7 guards and 5 bigs.

As far as your breakthrough season..... at D2 it's nice to have 2 of your guards at 90+ SPD, High ATH across the boards. And one thing that's really important to me..... high scorers off the bench. If I have 4 scorers that are going to average double digits, I want two starting and two coming off the bench.

I'm not sure if you can track this nationally, but I would assume that I lead the country in bench points, every season that I have a contending team (E8 or better).