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Originally Posted by Al Czervik
I know someone here thinks this team is top 5 in defense....
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I don't think it is, it literally is.
They're currently 5th in defensive rating in the country (
https://kenpom.com/index.php?s=RankAdjDE) behind only UT, Duke, St. John's and Houston.
The numbers also show they are particularly great defensively when both Flory and Dickinson are on at the same time (a lineup that Self appears reluctant to go to fully due to KJ's presence on the team).
It's the offense that remains this team's biggest issue. They basically don't have a consistent way to score points when Hunter doesn't have the ball in his hands and they fall off a cliff whenever he's off the floor. This was supposed to be resolved with more shooting (which, to some extent, they do have) but KJ again hurts them there too because teams basically don't guard him at all in the half court.