Saul uses purely man defense, it is a pack line defense kind of like what Tony Bennett at UVA runs.
Offensively he is a combination of Bo Ryan and Tim Miles. I think Tim made him a bit less rigid in his offensive philosophy, especially in regards to tempo. In 2009 when we went to the NCAA tournament we ran a lot of pick and rolls, we had a tremendous scoring point guard in Ben Woodside and Saul pretty much centered the offense around him.
Saul took two completely different teams to the NCAA tournament in regards to style which is rather unique since he did it the same school. Like I said the 2009 team was guard oriented, with no real dominate post player. Our most recent group we ran our offense heavily through the low post and it was more athletic and defensive minded.
The best quality about Saul is that his teams always play hard and he has a knack of getting the most out of guys with a chip on their shoulder. He is a great motivator and will work tirelessly to sell your program to anyone that will listen to him.
Welcome to the board, great info. Come early and often.
The Pack Line is what propelled this program when it was implemented in 08. I am not sure what JC did with it ....perhaps a conversation with a recent hoops alum would be in order. Bout time for David McKinley to follow pops steps into BA territory for some expert info.
Once again, welcome....will we be seeing yhou in the convo or in Athens? If so, please PM me and let me know and I'll buy the first round .....and introduce you to the barkeeps.