re: Tide Hoops | 25-12 (13-5)

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I can't help but think the constant harping on the defense has hurt us. The defense is what it is. I don't think most of our guys, the veterans anyway, are going to suddenly be better defenders. Our guards are small and unathletic, and we don't have a post defender

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I'm in the group that's trying to be positive about what's been a better season that I was expecting, one that's lead to 4/5 tourney seed.

Like you point out -- guards aren't that quick and no real rim protector so the defense was never going to be that great.

I can also understand that Oats is a "system coach" and not a "tinkerer" that comes up with all kinds of different defenses.

I appreciate that he just teaches and runs his system on offense and defense and overall you can't really argue with the results.

In the big picture, Oats did a fantastic building this roster without a coaching staff in place from last season but it's certainly flawed.

I feel good about matching up with most 12-13 seeds as we've pretty good against those type teams this year.

To beat any good teams in the tourney, we're going to have to just create and also convert more good looks than we're giving up. Never had the impression that was happening against Florida after the first couple of minutes.