Q: With so much success that Louisville has had employing their full-court press every game, do you think its possible to get Jamie Dixon to adopt a similar game plan? Looking at the Big East championship games alone, Louisville forced 20-plus turnovers in its first two games. What a superior advantage that gives a team.

Matthew Brodak, Gaithersburg, Md.

FITTIPALDO: Louisville coach Rick Pitino does a great job with his full-court pressure. Pitt got to see up-close how effective it could be. The turnovers are a great byproduct of the using that type of system, but the other effect is that it can wear teams down. The Panthers were gassed in the final eight minutes of that game at Freedom Hall, and that's when the Cardinals made their big run to take the game over.

Louisville did the same thing against Syracuse in the Big East championship game. Jonny Flynn and the rest of the Syracuse team just couldn't stand up to the pressure for 40 minutes.

As for Pitt employing such a system, I don't see it happening in the NCAA tournament or in the future. First of all, every coach has his own philosophy, and Dixon likes to coach in the half-court. That's how his teams have been built. Secondly, you have to have the personnel to run a system like that. Louisville has tremendously quick guards and he has several of them to bring in and out of the game. Dixon has more bullish guards who are not as fleet of foot.

It's all about what types of players you recruit and how you tailor them to your system. Both coaches have enjoyed great amounts of success using different philosophies on recruiting and systems.