Why can't we play zone....
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Those guys never do anything worth bragging about in basketball. Face palm.
Save your Bernie Fine jokes for later.
Save your Bernie Fine jokes for later.
I would rather take my chances on the20-24 ft jump shots than 15uncontested layups a game, and a greater chance of getting in foul trouble. Pack it inthe paint &have the guards focus on the main 3 pt threats and leave the least likely to hit the shot, more open.
however, lots of coaches play a zone because it doesnt seem to take a lot of coaching. I did my student teaching for a coach who only played a 2-3 zone. Won a state championship with this philosophy. That can work in high school. You need to watch some clips on Bobby Knight, Tom Izzo and Mike K coaching man d. They have an uncanny way of teaching it. The d they run is man but has the help like zone. People like Syracuse run a "match up zone" which basically uses some man philosophy. If it didnt they would rarely get a rebound. You must recruit the long, explosive verticle, player to be successful running zone. I talk to one of the most successful Mississippi HS coaches of all time (8 rings, I think). The way he taught man was with zone principles which allowed for blocking out. We look awful playing man because we dont know how. Plain and simple.
I made this point yesterday over on 24/7 - yeah we stink in a zone and teams might shoot us out of it. But I'd see if teams are hot first before just assuming we're going to give up 20 layups and get constant fouls on our bigs out of the pick and roll which we have well proven we cannot defend worth squat.
yeah, OM shot us out of it in that game but I can't stand to watch what Auburn did to us out of the man yesterday. Sad thing is that I know we CAN play better man defense. The 2nd half at Vandy was probably our best effort lately in that dept and we had some pretty good defensive possessions there. Why we don't do it more often is beyond me.
And since we're talking about who plays good zones, the absolute best zone I ever saw was the UNLV zone during their champsionship runs. Wow, that was stiffling stuff.
yeah, OM shot us out of it in that game but I can't stand to watch what Auburn did to us out of the man yesterday. Sad thing is that I know we CAN play better man defense. The 2nd half at Vandy was probably our best effort lately in that dept and we had some pretty good defensive possessions there. Why we don't do it more often is beyond me.
And since we're talking about who plays good zones, the absolute best zone I ever saw was the UNLV zone during their champsionship runs. Wow, that was stiffling stuff.
Teams have shot lights out from the three point line with us playing man. I am afraid a zone would get lit up even worse.<div>
</div><div>I would love to see us break out the 1-3-1 trap against Ole Miss because they have a tendency to turn it over and it could rattle their freshmen guards. We have got to do something to force more turnovers. We only made AU turn it over three times yesterday. Not good at all.</div>
</div><div>I would love to see us break out the 1-3-1 trap against Ole Miss because they have a tendency to turn it over and it could rattle their freshmen guards. We have got to do something to force more turnovers. We only made AU turn it over three times yesterday. Not good at all.</div>