might start out guarding the 6-8 Battier, but so too might 6-7 Michael Wright or even 7-1 Loren Woods. The problem with Wright or Woods playing Battier is Battier's ability to shoot the 3-pointer. Neither Woods or Wright is used to playing so far from the basket.If the game is played in a halfcourt pace, which Arizona will want at times, then Duke will have problems. The Blue Devils don't have the size to continuously battle inside for the boards. But the team that can get the rebounds, especially on the offensive backboard, will likely win. If Duke is missing its 3s (the Blue Devils have taken more 3-pointers than any Final Four team), then Woods and Wright must cheat back inside to get the rebounds and start a fast break. Arizona has scored 212 of its 407 points inside, mostly on layups and dunks. The Wildcats scored 13 layups and seven dunks against Michigan State. Most of those were "easy" baskets on transition and off turnovers. They must do that to beat Duke. Wright said roaming outside to the 3-point line is out of his comfort zone but he can do it if he has to Monday night. Jefferson said he wasn't worried about Woods being able to get back to the basket if he has to go out and chase Battier because he's so long that in two steps he can be back to the basket."They're going to shoot a lot of 3s, so you have to defend real well their 3-point shooters and their second chances," Wright said. "We can't let them get a lot of transition baskets and a lot easy baskets."Duke will look to push the basketball at every chance, just like Arizona. But they will lean heavily on the 3-point shot. Duke has taken an amazing 1,030 3-point shots, that's just shy of the total overall shots Duke has made (1,187) and a little less than half (2,466) of its attempted field goals.Williams said he anticipates the matchups to be just as tough for Duke as it will for Arizona. Woods, while leaner, has four inches on the beefy Boozer (6-9). If Arenas is heal...
