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I don't think Anderson's system is conducive to winning against elite teams. They are never going to be able to handle teams that have either a preeminent point guard or a dominant low post presence. Those also happen to be the things that almost every top level team has at least one of.
To run the system and have it succeed, you'd need the following:
PG: Preferably north of 6'3
SG: 6'5 or taller
Swing man: 6'7 or taller
F: 6'8-6'10
PF: 6'9
All players would have to have extremely long arms, and four of the five, if not all five, need to be able to handle the ball and have 15' range.
Cincy doesn't have terribly great guard play, but they showed what you can do to a small team that presses. Bring a third man into the back court and you spread the defenders out far enough that you can pass over their arms.
Another thing that hurts us from a recruiting perspective is that we expend so much energy on the defensive side of the ball that even premier players aren't going to play much more than 28-30 MPG.
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