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(11-30-2017 11:43 AM)Gilesfan Wrote:  

(11-30-2017 11:37 AM)Monarchblue Wrote:  

(11-30-2017 11:15 AM)Gilesfan Wrote:  

(11-30-2017 10:56 AM)757ODU Wrote:  At the risk of sounding like Giles...

"Since the KenPom ranking system was established in 2002, no team with a Adjusted Defensive Efficiency (AdjD) ranking of less than 21 has ever won the NCAA title."

"Aside from that 2009 UNC team, every other national championship team has had a KenPom AdjD rating of 15 or better. It's safe to say a team must have a strong defense to have a shot at winning the NCAA Tournament."

Yeah, Duke isn't going anywhere this year unless they significantly improve their defense.

Nobody disagrees with that, the point is that they will improve it, and not by sitting MB3 and taking other measures that will effect their offense negatively.

There issues defensively aren't with Bagley, they are with Trent, Allen, and Duvall.

Wow. You either really don't know what you are talking about or you have not watched Duke much. While Trent could be better, Grayson is easily their best defender and Duvall is decent. Their problem is the bigs do not rotate, do not defend the rim, and get caught out of position constantly. There is no help defense whatsoever, and Bagley often stands 3 feet away watching someone dunk with out so much as threatening to defend. Down the stretch of games, Bagley and Carter really step up their focus and do a much better job of helping and rotating, hence the late game domination every game, but they have been awful early in games.