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Originally Posted by BWillie
Villanova was 5th last year in adjusted defense. We are currently 29th. Last year we were 3rd.
We lost guys who were known as weak defenders: Ellis, Greene and Selden (kind of)
Makes very little sense to me. I think, a little bit of it is an anomaly. I expect our defensive efficiency to improve but maybe the loss of Jamari Traylor was bigger than we thought. And maybe Ellis and Selden were better defenders than we thought?
I have no idea how Ellis and Selden would be better defenders than Josh Jackson. Maybe it's just defensive positioning. That is a staple of a Bill Self defense.
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A lot of it is that Lucas was good most of last year, and was PURE GARBAGE until the last few games.
That and we are bad rebounders in the 4 out formation which we didn't do much of until last year. It may get better. Self's teams always do after Christmas, but typically it is on the offensive end not the defensive end, but If Lucas can get back to last year's defensive productivity, we may be OK.