Steve Alford held his weekly Tuesday press conference a day early because of the game tonight against the Fort Wayne Mastodons.
The presser was filled with coachspeak, some news, and one interesting tidbit. First the interesting part: Fort Wayne is a team that relies on playing fast and transition points. Alford’s philosophy on defending such a transition offense:
One of the ways of handling transition defense is the type of shot you get, taking care of the basketball, not having live ball turnovers.
LOL! Okay, here we have a prime example on why Alford’s UCLA teams have stunk on defense.