We are much better defensively. This has to be Dan's best defensive team.
i don't mean to take anything away that is positive- earlier in the year, teams with good guards succeeded pretty well but very few teams can always stop that. i'm still not 100% sure exactly what we've got because of the overall level of competition, but i tend to hover on the cautious side.
however, i cannot deny that we're long and move pretty well, stop or disrupt a lot of shots down low to midrange, play well together most of the time and this version of DD 's teams make a bit fewer, overall mistakes. i also cannot deny that defensive adjustments by the coaching staff seem to be more prevalent, decisive and effective this year compared to others (e.g. putting Kinsey on Boykins)