Another quote:
“If you get up on them and the game is in the last five minutes, they don’t know what to do. They’ve got to come after you,’’ said Cronin. “That’s not their comfort zone.’’ Any zone slows down the game. When you’re behind, you want more possessions, not fewer.
Cronin said Michigan has a good chance Saturday. Glenn Robinson III, Nik Stauskas and Tim Hardaway Jr. all are 6-6. Cronin believes Robinson has the all-around game needed to fill the crucial high post spot. Underneath, 6-10 Mitch McGary gets better every game. We haven’t even mentioned Michigan’s hottest player, point guard Trey Burke.
Basically, the zone is a front-running defense. You can come from behind over a period of time but you aren't going to turn a game around like Louisville did against us in new York. When we go into the press, the game is usually over for us. That's why our 5-10 minute offensive funks are so scary: if we fall significantly behind, we aren't likely to make it up in the zone and we aren't good at anything else.