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Simplicity works for Florida State's D
Originally Published: March 23, 2011
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Eamonn Brennan | ESPN.com
CHICAGO -- There must be some secret. Some revelatory strategy. Some gimmick.
In this modern, saturated hoops age, every variation of every new X's and O's scheme is treated with slack-jawed wonder. Tell us more of this dribble-drive motion, oh wise one. Aspiring coaches and hoops aficionados grasp at any potential advantage, any cunning angle, any minor evolution in the game of basketball.
So when one team has quietly been the best defensive unit in the nation for not ...
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- Leung: Richmond's leading giant killer »
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- Forde: Winners and losers »
- O'Neil: Butler's Howard leads by example
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- Parting shots from opening weekend »
- Woj: VCU proving doubters wrong »
- Vitale: UNC has stability »
- Wilbon: Fisher puts SDSU on map »
- Forde: Best-case/worst-case scenarios »
- Wilbon: Exciting doesn't equal good »
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