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UNC cannot take advantage of the switched screen

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It’s no secret that Harrison Barnes is finally living up to his preseason hype and becoming the dominant offensive player everyone thought he could be before the season started. UNC is starting to make him a focal point of the offense and run him off of multiple screens to try to get him open. In this play, we see him come off a staggered screen, which Duke chooses to switch. Seth Curry ends up on Barnes, which is clearly a mismatch but UNC cannot take advantage of this switch.

Kyle Singler starts on Barnes, which was a really fun matchup to watch the last two times these teams have played on both ends of the court. Even though Singler has done a fine job defending Barnes, Duke chooses to switch this screen to not allow Barnes an open look at a jumper from the top of the key.

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Written by Joshua Riddell

March 13, 2011 at 9:12 pm