The practice of using bigs as offensive hubs at the elbow is the key to the Princeton offense, which lifts its frontcourt players in many sets to act as passers, so that guards and wings can screen for each other and make split cuts. Between Williams and her sometimes-backup, sometimes-miscast-as-a-power-forward teammate Onome Akinbode-James not being especially good as back-to-the-basket scorers, and collegiate defenses generally being better inside the paint than out in space, this greatly catalyzed the Duke offense. Rewards were reaped, as split cuts carved up opposing perimeter defense. Last season, Lawson and company's offense was notable for moving previous low-block-mainstay Jade Williams to the elbow. And the Blue Devil offense worked well in its limited time last year, so why not run it back? Two things remain the same from last year, however: the coaching staff and the style of roster construction.
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