James Madison used a smothering defense to advance to the round of 32 in the NCAA men’s basketball tournament. A fun motivational tactic helps quantify its success.
That was when, after Michael Green III scooped up a loose ball, the Dukes had stopped the Badgers on three straight possessions for the seventh time. They call three consecutive stops a “lock.” For a while, going back to his Georgia Southern days, Coach Mark Byington has told his players that it takes seven locks to win. Some of it’s simple math. Seven means a minimum 21 stops across 40 minutes.
“The thing with locks is we know exactly what we need to do,” senior guard Noah Freidel said. “It’s a team-wide goal everyone gets behind. It fires us the hell up.” For decades, coaches have brainstormed what to call three consecutive stops. At Florida, where Talley is now a player development assistant, they say kills . The Gators need six to win, per their calculations, though their season is over after a 102-100 loss to Colorado in the round of 64 on Friday. Other teams have used turkey, just like when someone bowls three strikes in a row.Locks, Byington’s choice, doesn’t show up much in Google searches.
Bodies kept colliding. The locks piled up. JMU logged nine total, though the first seven led directly to a 15-point lead. Wisconsin never got closer than six in the second half.
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