Sometimes Defense Is Hard: Tennessee Should Practice Pick and Roll D

One trend I noticed over the first weekend of NCAA play is that sometimes in the big spot the opposing defense let's you get easy buckets. Sometimes Defense Is Hard breaks down some of those occasions.The Scenario: Tennessee goes up 1 and now has to stop OK St. on the Cowboys final possession.Here Comes the High Pick and RollAt this point time it's pretty obvious that this pick and roll isn't going to lead anywhere. He's headed towards the sideline and baseline and would have to take a long route to the hoop. It almost makes no sense that they would set a screen in that direction.Force The Player to the Lane?Instead of letting him take the screen to nowhere land, or at the very least having one defender hedge the screen, both Tennessee players hedge. This basically forces Eaton to crossover and head towards the paint. Exactly where he wanted to go the whole time.And Now the Help D is NeededThe on ball defender is now completely toast and it's up to help defen...