Winthrop and Coach Kelsey Sunday 1pm ESPN for

[Xavier2005]

playing for a seed in the NCAA Tournament.....

[Xavier2005]

wow ...out of 351 Division 1 teams... Winthrop was 30th in points scored. Looks like they have some scorers on the team.

[Xavier2005]

rooting for him to make the Dance....with his team

[longliveskip]

wow ...out of 351 Division 1 teams... Winthrop was 30th in points scored. Looks like they have some scorers on the team.

well, Winthrop plays fast, shoots a lot of 3's, can score some points, and doesn't really play much defense. Looks like Kelsey didn't fall far from the Skip Prosser tree either.

[Theology73]

When Pat helped his dad coach my son's grade school team at St. Vivian, they taught these basics of the man-to-man defense:
1. Keep your back to the basket with one hand (pistol) pointed at your man and the other at the ball: ball, you, man.
2. Drop to the level of the ball.
3. When the ball is shot, don't watch it. Find your man and box out (your butt in his gut), then look at the basket.

Sounds simple, but it's amazing how difficult it is for players of all levels to accept and implement these principles. I'll be watching to see if Pat's team plays man this way.

[edgecliff hall]

Nice going, Coach Kelsey. I do like your players.

[bluegrass]

Will he some day coach at Xavier?