Bama State / Southern Shocker ! ! ! ! ! ! !

[BNGguy]

Here is a link to an interview that Spivery conducted earlier this morning on WMSP Sportsradio740 in Montgomery, AL.


http://www.sportsradio740.com/instantreplay/

 

[SUjagTILLiDIE]

There's not a team in the SWAC that can consistently get the caliber of players required to employ a run-and-gun offense, like AAMU's. Don't get me wrong, teams using that philosophy will have some success on occassion and even slip up and win a few games during a down year. But overall, the shooters just aren't there to play that style and be successful year in and year out. Also, that style tends to get you beat come tournament time. It's tough to shoot well enough to win three straight games against decent competition.

But what will win on a consistent basis is a style which focuses on defense, ball control, ball handling and rebounding. That's Spivery's system. It'll be painfully boring at times. But it'll be a winner.

To run and gun you don't really need shooters.All you need are athletes that are quick. You press to create turnovers and get easy scoring opportunitys to offset your ability to score in the half court offense. In 1993 the SU team(beat GT in NCAA's) didn't have great shooters. What they had was a team full of quick/athletic/versatile players that were in great shape. The reason SU beat GT because GT tried to run with SU and in the second half GT was so tired they couldn't get up and down the floor.