define('DISALLOW_FILE_EDIT', true); define('DISALLOW_FILE_MODS', true); steve alforrd – Rush The Court http://rushthecourt.net The Independent Voice of College Basketball Thu, 05 Dec 2013 09:01:40 +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 UCLA Needs to Answer Some Defensive Questions In Order to Meet Its Potential http://rushthecourt.net/2013/12/05/ucla-needs-to-answer-some-defensive-questions-in-order-to-meet-its-potential/ http://rushthecourt.net/2013/12/05/ucla-needs-to-answer-some-defensive-questions-in-order-to-meet-its-potential/#respond Thu, 05 Dec 2013 16:40:26 +0000 http://rushthecourt.net/?p=100893

When UCLA was dominating the then Pac-10 and reeling off three consecutive Final Four appearances under Ben Howland, it did so largely on the strength of defense. Not that the Bruins’ offense wasn’t strong as well, but for those three years, UCLA ranked in the top five nationally in defensive efficiency (according to KenPom). When the wheels first came off the bus under Howland beginning in 2009-10, the complete inability of UCLA to stop anyone was largely the culprit (although, really, that team was awful on both ends of the court). Since that year, while the team’s defense has certainly [...]]]> http://rushthecourt.net/2013/12/05/ucla-needs-to-answer-some-defensive-questions-in-order-to-meet-its-potential/feed/ 0