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...run the same offense? After sitting courtside for every MAC game and now watching way too many NIT & NCAA games the last week, it seems that every team in the country runs the same man-to-man offense.

The point guard...or who ever has the ball at the top...waits for a screen and then either takes the three...drives the lane or passes to the wing.

Is this the greatest offense in the world that everybody has to run it?

Did you watch Stanford? Or Akron yesterday in the NIT? Both teams were consistently feeding their post man and running the offense that way.

Still, the dribble drive offense appears to be gaining in popularity. Kids love playing in it, and it's tough to defend if you've got talented ball handlers.

There just aren't many talented big men to run offenses through the post anymore. There are plenty of perimeter players who can penetrate off the dribble, so teams are building offenses that way.

Rollo83 wrote:...run the same offense? After sitting courtside for every MAC game and now watching way too many NIT & NCAA games the last week, it seems that every team in the country runs the same man-to-man offense.

The point guard...or who ever has the ball at the top...waits for a screen and then either takes the three...drives the lane or passes to the wing.

Is this the greatest offense in the world that everybody has to run it?

Chicks dig the long ball! Everyone wants to run the spread, drive and kick for the three. Or run up and down and the true big men can't run with that O.

The players that used to be 4 players (6'6, 6'7 players) fall in love with putting up 3's, don't want to bang inside and therefore teams are forced to run the spread/jack offense. Thats why a tough post player with Pollitz or Reitz (on a Mac level) or Hansborogh or Lopez (NCAA level) can really score in bundles inside b/c the lack of real post players in the conference/country.

I wouldn't say there is a lack of big men...there is just an abundance of big guys who decided to learn how to shoot. I mean, you've got Hansbrough, Hibbert and.......ok, forget I said anything.