All good coaches adjust to their personnel to give their team the best chance to win. We have seen this repeatedly with John Calipari, this year we will see it with Mark Stoops. At both Arizona and Florida State, Coach Stoops ran a 4-3 defense. He brought the same defensive philosophy to the Kentucky Wildcats initially.
Last season Stoops experimented with the 3-4, this season he has made a full-fledged transition to the 3-4 as the full-time base defense for UK. I want to unpack the reasoning behind the move and how UK needs to adjust to be successful in the defense.