Zone Defense?

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I know Plavsic does not play a lot and I am wondering why UT does not play zone when Plavsic is in the game because he seems to be very slow afoot.

He and Pons could really bottle up the inside and protect the rim.
 
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In almost every sport that has some sort of zone defense, it always takes more work and you need to have a high iq in that specific sport to pull it off.
 
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Seems like TN's M2M defense kind of blends in some zone concepts. Lots of switching and help.

What doesn't work well is playing behind efficient post scorers. Pons is a good weapon that can deny passes inside to dominating post players. Some guys can't be stopped when they receive the ball near the basket.
 
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Thunder Good-Oil said:
Seems like TN's M2M defense kind of blends in some zone concepts. Lots of switching and help.

What doesn't work well is playing behind efficient post scorers. Pons is a good weapon that can deny passes inside to dominating post players. Some guys can't be stopped when they receive the ball near the basket.
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Agree. Have always heard that a good M2M defense looks a lot like a zone.
 
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sport3500 said:
I know Plavsic does not play a lot and I am wondering why UT does not play zone when Plavsic is in the game because he seems to be very slow afoot.

He and Pons could really bottle up the inside and protect the rim.
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the other one's not that fast either.
 
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It’s very difficult to switch a team that’s used to playing man to man and make them a zone defense in the middle of the season. It’s not so much the defending that’s the issue, it’s grabbing the missed shots out of a zone. It’s a lot harder to box out in zone than it is man to man. So you could be a lot more effective defending but it still ends up not mattering because you end up giving up second chance opportunities and then the zone is all messed up at that point once they get an offensive rebound.
 
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Hiding him in a zone isn't going to help that much. Teams will still take advantage of him. Also, he is still going to bring the ball down on offense, lack timing to protect the rim, and not rebound. The best place for him is the bench and if he doesn't get better next year the transfer portal.
 
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Thunder Good-Oil said:
Seems like TN's M2M defense kind of blends in some zone concepts. Lots of switching and help.

What doesn't work well is playing behind efficient post scorers. Pons is a good weapon that can deny passes inside to dominating post players. Some guys can't be stopped when they receive the ball near the basket.
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Yes to much switching sometimes don’t like the bigs switching on high ball screens
 
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smoyers said:
Yes to much switching sometimes don’t like the bigs switching on high ball screens
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Tennessee plays good defense. I would like to see them extend it sometimes and play the paasing lanes a little more to get a few more steals. Tennessee never seems to get many easy baskets, which they need.
 
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Defense (whether it's man or zone) is all about being in the right position and anticipation. He doesn't have the knowledge currently to be in the right position regularly and doesn't have the experience to anticipate yet. He will be improved next year. With his size and athleticism (he looks slower than he actually is due to indecisiveness and speed of the overall game action) all he needs to be is average at positioning and he will be valuable/serviceable. I believe he will step it up a lot next year with a full summer and nothing hanging over his head as far as eligibility goes. The few practices I watched early in the season when they were expecting him to be eligible sooner than he was he looked a lot more confident and able. I think we'll see that eventually, he's not a headcase so I expect improvement after an off-season.
 
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