five guys on the outside hurts our spacing? I don’t follow you there at all. In my experience, that’s a three-point shooting team’s dream. If we can force their bigs to guard the paint by either driving to the basket or having an inside presence, THAT is what creates spacing. If they don’t have to worry about the inside, much easier for the entire team to spread and guard the three.

Utah is one of, if not the, longest teams in the country. They can cover a lot of defense with their length. So spacing them out, including forcing them to guard the paint, will be essential.