College basketball today is about perimeter play. The days of a dominant center, like Patrick Ewing, are gone. Today you don't keep centers in college basketball. They go pro. ... I really think the idea that a perimeter-oriented team can't win it is way overblown.
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They are very perimeter-oriented, much like they were last year. We can't sleep at all. We have a very small margin for error, because if we miss an assignment we're likely going to give up a 3. Everyone needs to know their assignments.
Portland has always been a perimeter-oriented team. It has given us problems because they've been able to spread us out a little bit and really make us pay from the 3-point line. So that's going to definitely be a point of emphasis.
They're a guard-oriented, perimeter-oriented team. Any time you have good guard play in college basketball, you have a chance to win some games. That's our major concern right now.
He's averaging about two points a game, but he can make that shot. He got on a major roll and easily played his best game. We're not a perimeter-oriented team. Heck, we probably made more 3s tonight (seven) than we have all season.
We had a lot of interchangeable parts, and we got better as the season went along. We got up and down the floor. We played tough defense. We were perimeter-oriented.