Martin isn't using exactly the same schemes, but the philosophy seems to be similar; let playmakers make plays. Martin is setting up a system that right now uses a lot of ball screens b/c on paper the strength of this team is quick guards that can (in theory) make plays. Yeah, there should be more getting the bigs involved (and that seemed to be the plan against ku, especially in the 2nd half), but at times that will be difficult b/c a) our guards are probably looking too much to make plays for themselves and b) our bigs aren't that great. Of course that will change based on personnel, last year being a perfect example where the focus was getting the ball to Mike for shots, both in the paint and on the perimeter. And Martin's philosophy on guards seems pretty similar as well; he's not going to likely have a "traditional" PG whose only or main role is to distrube. He'd rather have guys like Clemente or Pullen who look to score and get others involved, but the problem with that is that sometimes they are going to look to score first.
Now, all that said, if you don't defend you don't play. And as has become clear if you watch us play, as long as you play defense, Frank will live with a mistake or two on offense (for a while at least). However, if you make mistakes on defense or aren't giving effort, you are out. The mandate is clear; play defense and rebound and then on offense you can have some freedom.
That can and does lead to some ugly play at times, but I think its pretty clear, especially this year, that Frank is taking a page out of Hugg's philosophy and applying it to his own program.
