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Steve Alford Presser: Key to Defense is Offense

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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.