VCU's full court press defeats Butler

After the Gonzaga game, I heard a few comparisons of this year's Butler team to the 2009-10 team.  I never agreed with that comparison, and I knew that the Bulldogs would not be able to sustain their incredibly high level of play from mid-January.  Back to today's game.  Butler could not beat VCU's constant full court press, and could not even get the ball in bounds from the sideline.  Rotnei Clarke and Andrew Smith sat the final 16 minutes of the game, which is surprising since those two could have provided much needed offense for Butler.  The real problem for Butler as of late is turnovers, which in part stems from the fact that they do not have a true point guard.  Rotnei Clarke is mainly a scorer, Roosevelt Jones is more of a forward than a guard, and Alex Barlow is primarily a defender, and only averages 2 assists per game.  For the last four years, Butler has had a clear starting point guard, Ronald Nored.  And for the two years before Nored, the Bulldogs had Mike Green.  This year, the lack of an identity at point guard has allowed VCU, Saint Louis, and other teams to pressure the Bulldogs.  Also, I would not like Andrew Smith and Erik Fromm to be the inbounders on sideline/baseline out of bounds plays.  Instead a guard can lob it to a big, and then the big could hand it off to the guard.  I could talk about how VCU how Butler gave up 84 points, but there defense wasn't bad throughout the game.  VCU's high point total is in part due to the fact that this was an uptempo game.  I'm not worried about Butler on defense, I'm worried about the offense, and the potential for teams to continue to press Butler after seeing what happened today.  Butler by no means has clinched an NCAA tournament appearance  and the Bulldogs will have to get one if not two more quality wins to avoid biting their nails on Selection Sunday.  I know Brad Stevens will get his team to regroup, and that they will eventually be able to break full court presses with more consistency then they did today.  It is just a matter of time, which is limited as of now and the Dawgs will have to make adjustments very quickly.