hey journeyman why dont we see a great fullcourt press anymore?

HiloBoy · Mar 26, 2006

they don't trap or cut off the player with the ball from making the first move. remember the ucla press in the 70's it was incredible. you don't see that today

Journeyman · Mar 26, 2006

The 3 point shot changed the game...the full court press is risky unless it's executed flawlessly, it leaves too many wide open 3 point shots.

I loved to watch teams that pressed, Maryland was one of the last teams to use it somewhat effectively...Duke will use it from time to time still.

My answer - the 3 point shot and too many good ball handling big men, back then you didn't have big men who could run and catch the ball like they can now...Therefore, it is easier to break the press and punish the team that is pressing you.

HiloBoy · Mar 26, 2006

do you remember the 70's ucla press? wooden had them press after every made basket.

the last great press was oregon st in i believe 81 when they had radford and bloom but what they did was plant and draw the charge. best i ever saw drawing fouls on a press.

Ironman_8 · Mar 26, 2006

I think the last team that exclusively used the press was LMU in the late 80's and early 90's. After that it went out with the jheri curl. Remember those teams with Bo Kimble and Hank Gathers with the score totals in the 200's?
Heres a link to the games that last year with Westphal as coach
http://lmulions.collegesports.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/8990-result.html

Journeyman · Mar 26, 2006

I was going to mention Marymount, they played the game like no other team ever has....was very interesting to watch.

Hobbes · Mar 26, 2006

Pitino ran the press a ton at Kentucky with great success.

HiloBoy · Mar 26, 2006

you remember lmu would shoot asap they didn't even work for a good shot just took the first shot available.

the denver nug were playing that style several years back and they had totals listed not far from 300

Journeyman · Mar 26, 2006

Kentucky was the best pressing team of the past 10-15 years, they could run a team down, I will never forget the way the stormed back against Duke in the 1997 Dance.

UNLV was another run and gun team in the 70's

HiloBoy · Mar 26, 2006

did ky do it for an entire game like ucla did in the 70s?

Hobbes · Mar 26, 2006

Hilo Boy said:
did ky do it for an entire game like ucla did in the 70s?

I don't remember much of the 70's but KY went full court pretty much all the time. Seems like every player on those teams at least got a sniff of the NBA, they were incredibly deep.

Journeyman · Mar 26, 2006

Hobbes said:
I don't remember much of the 70's but KY went full court pretty much all the time. Seems like every player on those teams at least got a sniff of the NBA, they were incredibly deep.

probably the deepest college team of all-time