defense

I'm getting this impression that when Syracuse is playing it's zone defense at an optimal level of intensity, it helps our offensive movement/energy & also our shooters' "frame of mind." But it's kinda hard to argue, so I thought I'd solicit opinions on this idea. I mean, we seem to see it...

The way this year's team played defense vs Clemson and N. Carolina has gotten me excited about the next couple, few days. What we saw last week was a completely different team from the one we were watching only a few weeks ago. The zone has been transformed. It almost seems as though the guys...

All this season I've been looking for clues to whether or not Boeheim would be able to teach this group of players how to play his defense the way he has always imagined it in his mind. There have been flashes, but it has not been encouraging for a long time. Has it just been the batch of talent...

“I think Syracuse this year is a team that can go deep into the Tournament,” Welsh said. “I think they’re a second weekend team and maybe beyond that.” That's the quote from former Boeheim assistant Tim Welsh, as revealed in a The Juice podcast. He cited experience as the key to his optimism...