Shooting can come and go any given day, but defense can be something a team can excel at every game. That’s why Pitino stresses it so much. So I’d agree that defense is more important, especially early.Actually, I'm not concerned about our 3-point shooting. We'll likely have some up and down games from downtown early on, but I feel good about it for the duration.
I'm a bit nervous about our defense at this current juncture. If we can get our defense going at some point of the season (which I sense will occur) then we should be good to go. I just have a feeling we'll see some growing pains, defensively, in the early going.