This team can't be pressed. In fact, we would welcome it because we would have so many easy baskets. Lykes and Newton can break the press by themselves and Huell, Brown and Lonnie would clean up on transition dunks. It also helps that UM is so long and can throw over most presses (except for Lykes). I'm pretty sure UM was looking ahead and it got caught a bit off guard by the press (can't remember anyone else pressing). That said, very few ACC teams feature the press apart from Louisville.
But that last post about finding a scorer is true. They need a guy who can get them a bucket at key stretches. I think Coach L was hoping that it would be Lonnie, but he's not there yet. He's the only one (apart from DJ I'll explain later) who has the all around scoring ability. He can shoot from deep and take it to the hole. DJ can do both but he's nowhere's near as explosive as Lonnie around the rim. Everybody else has a real limitation (Brown -can't shoot; Lykes -- too small to be effective finisher; Newton -- poor deep shooter). Amp can do some of this as well but he's not great at getting into the lane, once there he's quite solid.
