And creating margin of error is arguably the most important component of any sport.
We played like hot garbage the entire first half but still managed to wear ASU out because we pushed the pace and played 9 guys 3+ minutes. Come midway through the second half they were dog ass tired as evidenced by their second half stats: 13 points, 12 turnovers, gave up 9 offense rebounds (only 2 for them), gave up 16 points off turnovers, and outscored 2-14 on fast break points.
I don't know how many more data points are needed to show that wearing down your opponent and creating attrition are so vital to basketball. They increase margin of error, and that allows you to win games without having to be at your best for a considerable chunk of a game. That, or play a team even for 80-90% of a game and still win the game by 10-15 points because of what happened in the other 10-20%.
The 2022 team is a great example of this - they were so great in transition and the depth was so well manufactured and because of this they won the national championship despite being average-to-awful in 50% of the Elite 8, Final Four, and Title games. All they needed was a 4-8 minute window to put a game out of reach and at any point in the game.
We played like hot garbage the entire first half but still managed to wear ASU out because we pushed the pace and played 9 guys 3+ minutes. Come midway through the second half they were dog ass tired as evidenced by their second half stats: 13 points, 12 turnovers, gave up 9 offense rebounds (only 2 for them), gave up 16 points off turnovers, and outscored 2-14 on fast break points.
I don't know how many more data points are needed to show that wearing down your opponent and creating attrition are so vital to basketball. They increase margin of error, and that allows you to win games without having to be at your best for a considerable chunk of a game. That, or play a team even for 80-90% of a game and still win the game by 10-15 points because of what happened in the other 10-20%.
The 2022 team is a great example of this - they were so great in transition and the depth was so well manufactured and because of this they won the national championship despite being average-to-awful in 50% of the Elite 8, Final Four, and Title games. All they needed was a 4-8 minute window to put a game out of reach and at any point in the game.
