Even the most talented offensive teams can go cold, especially on the road. If you know how to D up, that can carry you. It can not only keep you in the game when you can’t throw it into the ocean, it can get you easy transition points. It can get you to the foul line. It can shorten the game. That is what the UVAs and Wisconsins do. They don’t get the best players, but they are heady and they work their tails off. I would much rather watch that kind of team than what I saw today. I don’t know what that was today to be honest. It sure wasn’t pleasant.
