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By playing an aggressive pressure defense at times, HC McKie has made great strides improving Temple’s cutting opponents scoring some 10-points per game. He’s done so by occasionally applying a pressure defense.

Temple playing mostly in half court set has kep Temple from scoring more points in games, and tresulted in Rose shooting poorly on 2’s, and as of late he’s been joined by Moorman who’s shot poorly. Playing a pressure defense more often would help both their shooting percentages.

Temple had played 11 non conference games and posted a 8-3 record. Temple still will play two more non conference games against Penn and Villanova that swollen interspersed between conference games later in the season.

Looking back at Temple’s three losses to Maryland, Missouri, and Miami, all were winnable if Temple had played it’s preside defense throughout each of those games.

Now, it will be interesting to see if McKie realizes that and will have Temple employ it’s pressure defense more often in Temple’s conference games that are about to start beginning with Temple playing UCF next Tuesday.
to play at Tulsa Friday night, before returning home to play Houston the following Tuesday night.