The adjustment was they ran with 1 post the rest of the game. Jackson came out at 10 minutes and they didn’t have Jefferson/Jackson/Chatfield in together in any combo the rest of the game. The defensive philosophy did not change, they just were able to rotate and cover the shooters better. Plus Iowa got tired and started missing.
This has been our closer lineup all year, when we trade Milan's offense for defense. Last year, we went with size/length and played Watson in those moments, this year, we've gone small with Heise, who also gives us a bit more offense. Some of that is due to the teams we've played. Going small was a good matchup against Iowa and Marquette, it'll be interesting to see if TJ sticks with this or we see him roll out a bigger lineup late.
In his preseason interview with CW, TJ mentioned having the flexibility to go with different lineups, maybe the Heise switch is what he meant. A lot of people in the off season lineup threads have expected us to go small the last few years and play with 4 wings but we really haven't seen TJ use it much, unless he was forced to bc of fouls.
