This isn’t a bad defensive team. However, there are certain things that the defense does poorly. Cronin’s matchup zone is probably the best defense to run for this type of team because our post players (Ellis, Clark, Deberry) are not quick enough to play man-to-man defense for forty minutes like the post players from the smaller 2013-14 team (Justin Jackson and Titus Rubles).
When a guard like Troy Caupain is picked by an opposing post player, it is the job of forward like Gary Clark to hedge the screen and slow down Caupain’s man so that Caupain has enough time to recover.