When West Virginia walks into Iowa State’s Hilton Coliseum in Ames, Iowa., it is being billed as a basketball game between the Mountaineers and Cyclones, but it is far, far more than that.
Indeed, this a clash of basketball philosophies and approaches, a showdown of temperaments, if you prefer.
Bob Huggins has always played the game with an edge, turning it into a battle of mental and physical wills. He demands effort and defense and rebounding, but he goes against a counterpart in Iowa State coach Fred Hoiberg with a totally different outlook upon the way the game should be played.
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this has me reflecting on our two primary sports coaches.
one demands tough defense and either finds through personnel (who he recruits) or scheme or mental block a team without much offensive rhythm (until the last game and quarter). And of course all the newbies take time to gel together on O and D.
the other coach can’t script enough ways to score the football while leaving the chore of fielding a solid D to others on the staff. And of course all those newbies on D take time to gel.
One finds his O lacking, the other his D – at least to date. They should have a beer together and share notes.