The amount they can now consume has drastically changed. They would rewatch tape just like any of us then-on a VCR with fast forward as the only way to speed things up. Back in the day-and by back in the day, we're talking early '90s-it was difficult for a coach to consume more than a game or two a night. And that's how advanced statistics and video helped Duke win its fourth national championship.Ĭoaches have watched game film practically from the time moving pictures became a thing. "But that's going to be a really tough shot, and you're going to make them do something they're not as comfortable doing." "If they're going to hit that shot and win that national championship game, then God bless them," Cullen said.
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Hayward was forced to take an off-balance jumper over the reach of Zoubek, who is 7'1". Hayward tried to go left, but Singler stayed on his left hip and forced him back to his right and toward the baseline, where center Brian Zoubek was waiting. Processing that data on the fly, Singler shaded Hayward to the right as he made his move (see the video to the right). "You watch five or six Butler games, and you learn that Hayward likes to go left, then Synergy backs up that data, and you go with it," Duke video coordinator Kevin Cullen told Bleacher Report recently.