define('DISALLOW_FILE_EDIT', true); define('DISALLOW_FILE_MODS', true); damion jones – Rush The Court http://rushthecourt.net The Independent Voice of College Basketball Tue, 08 Dec 2015 07:46:30 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.1.9 http://rushthecourt.net http://rushthecourt.net/wp-content/mbp-favicon/RTC.jpg Rush The Court Baylor’s Man-to-Man Defense a New Wrinkle With Promise http://rushthecourt.net/2015/12/08/baylors-man-to-man-defense-a-new-wrinkle-with-promise/ http://rushthecourt.net/2015/12/08/baylors-man-to-man-defense-a-new-wrinkle-with-promise/#respond Tue, 08 Dec 2015 16:01:00 +0000 http://rushthecourt.net/?p=112931

Baylor scored its biggest victory of the young season on Sunday night, beating Vanderbilt, 69-67. The Bears played to a key strength against the Commodores, forcing 17 turnovers in an effort that has propelled Scott Drew‘s team all the way to seventh nationally in turnovers forced per 100 possessions. But Baylor wasn’t proficient in every area on the defensive end, as Vanderbilt made 10 of their 21 relatively clean looks from three-point range. Moving forward, Baylor’s focus should be to design a defense that still allows it to play to its strength in forcing turnovers but avoids giving opponents open opportunities from three-point range. Drew [...]]]> http://rushthecourt.net/2015/12/08/baylors-man-to-man-defense-a-new-wrinkle-with-promise/feed/ 0