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Texas A&M's Billy Kennedy on how Aggies will try to slow down Oklahoma's Buddy Hield

ANAHEIM, Calif. -- It's no secret that Texas A&M's scouting report on Oklahoma included a lot on Buddy Hield, the favorite for national player of the year. But what defensive efforts will work?

"Well, I'm not going to give you all my secrets," A&M coach Billy Kennedy said. "You can't let him get transition baskets. We need to get back and locate him early. That's the first thing.

"And two, you can't leave him on an offensive rebound when they get one. He sprints behind the line as well as anybody, and they find him. We've got to rotate guys on him and hope we can wear him down with two, three, four guys.