catmandoo
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posted 12-22-2017 05:56 PM
John Calipari met with the media to preview the game, discuss his team, talk press defense, and talk about the significance of playing in New Orleans, where he won his one and only national championship.
Here is everything Coach Cal had to say, courtesy of UK Athletics:
On using the 2-2-1 press from 10 years ago …
“It’s the only one I knew. My stuff is very basic and that’s a little bit different. We’re just trying to tweak it to make it this team’s press. I’ve had different kinds of teams that – this team is a little different. We’re just working on some different stuff right now to see what fits them and experiment as we go.”
On using the press going forward …
“I don’t think we can do it, you know, for a game. I think there’s spots in the game where we should do it. The reason is, we’re playing eight guys. When you’re playing eight guys it’s hard. I mean, I had a team at UMass where I played five and six guys. So, we’d press early in the game and then only if we needed it because we just didn’t have enough bodies to go and fly around the court when the other guy is playing eight, nine, 10 guys.”
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