How Tennessee and Texas A&M’s Unconventional Defense Is Silently Shaking Up College Football
Hereâs why these teams have chosen to go in a different direction, and how theyâll look to attack each other:
Volume vs. Comfort
One of the bigger differences between modern college basketball and modern NBA basketball is the amount of great movement shooters. There are players in college capable of knocking down 3-pointers when in the flow of an offense, but if a defense forces a lot of them into uncomfortable long-range shots, their hit rate drops precipitously.
In the NBA, there are many shooters capable of shooting under any kind of duress, so itâs harder to justify building a defense around allowing 3-point shots. There are exceptions (Oklahoma City has the best defense in the league and allows 3s at a rate that is slightly higher than league average), but, for the most part, defensive success has a strong correlation to 3-point attempt rate.
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