Spartacavolus
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The college game is much better suited for man to man. The zone can be affective against poor shooting teams, but you can get ran out of the gym using it too.
If a team can play tough man to man, no need for zone. Which is why Coach Martin isn't using it, he wants his team to play tough.
The college game is much better suited for man to man. The zone can be affective against poor shooting teams, but you can get ran out of the gym using it too.
If a team can play tough man to man, no need for zone. Which is why Coach Martin isn't using it, he wants his team to play tough.
We need to spend most of our practices playing against the zone. It inability to play against it is most likely going to keep us out of the tournament.
Another reason why you have to have it. If you only practice against a zone the day prior to playing a zone team, your D not only doesn't know how to play it, but the O will look good because your D doesn't know how to play it. You basically get no good practice against it, and look unprepared against it during a game.
The object is to win games. If you don't use all possible weapons to win, it doesn't make much sense. Vandy doesn't win an SEC title without playing zone and forcing the best team in college ball to shoot 20 feet from the rim instead of 2 feet.
It has nothing to do with the college game being suited for it or not. You play it when it's necessary, then get back out of it to change it up, though Syracuse never plays man and they have done fine.
I'm perfectly fine with a tough team and tough man to man, but you are costing yourself w's if you can't mix it up.
Another reason why you have to have it. If you only practice against a zone the day prior to playing a zone team, your D not only doesn't know how to play it, but the O will look good because your D doesn't know how to play it. You basically get no good practice against it, and look unprepared against it during a game.
The college game is much better suited for man to man. The zone can be affective against poor shooting teams, but you can get ran out of the gym using it too.
If a team can play tough man to man, no need for zone. Which is why Coach Martin isn't using it, he wants his team to play tough.
The object is to win games. If you don't use all possible weapons to win, it doesn't make much sense. Vandy doesn't win an SEC title without playing zone and forcing the best team in college ball to shoot 20 feet from the rim instead of 2 feet.
It has nothing to do with the college game being suited for it or not. You play it when it's necessary, then get back out of it to change it up, though Syracuse never plays man and they have done fine.
I'm perfectly fine with a tough team and tough man to man, but you are costing yourself w's if you can't mix it up.
I don't think we should worry about us using zone as much as how to beat it. Our defense isn't why we lost the Ole Miss game, we just couldn't score on theirs.
I don't think we should worry about us using zone as much as how to beat it. Our defense isn't why we lost the Ole Miss game, we just couldn't score on theirs.
I don't think we should worry about us using zone as much as how to beat it. Our defense isn't why we lost the Ole Miss game, we just couldn't score on theirs.
We held teams to the fewest points since the inception of the shot clock according to the KNS - so we must be doing something right with our man-to-man.
Our problem with the Ole Miss zone was 34 3pt attempts.