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Hey, Coach," I wrote, "tell me, are these teams bad offensively? Or is this just great defense?"
The magic of 21st century technology.
IM.'ing a basketball coach.
During the NCAA regional finals.
"Interesting question," he typed back. "I had the same thought last night ... and again today!"
Nobody could play. I wrote, "Nobody in these last 16 teams seems to be able to create a shot, let alone make it."
"Poor shooting and good defense," the coach wrote. "The deeper you go in any conference/national tourney, the more the game becomes a contest of halfcourt execution. No easy baskets because everybody 'amps up,' plays their hardest on each possession instead of taking plays off. But most of the teams surviving and advancing are not good shooting clubs."