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[QUOTE="IthacaMatt, post: 4607223, member: 405"]
No, we'll still need someone who can score in the low post, or else we'll be playing 4 on 5 next year.

What I'd like to see defensively is for Autry to adopt the Pitino / Louisville approach.  2-2-1 zone press to force teams to use clock, then fall back into the 2-3 zone.  But don't play the forwards so high.

Don't play them at the foul line to exclusively defend the three, and then leave your center to cover the foul line, low post, and BOTH corners!  If you keep the forwards 5 feet closer to the baseline, they can still close out on wing shooters, and they can also defend the corner, and get more rebounds because they are closer to the baseline.

With the guards, the strong side guard plays the ball and the weak side guard hedges halfway between the foul line and the 3 point line.  As the ball switches sides, the guards slide to the opposite position.

This takes away a lot of the weaknesses of the way we play the zone.  And don't forget, these guys may not have loved it, but they have been trained how to play it.  It's already in their "kit bag".

But then, also have them ready to play an aggressive, in your face man.  If we use a more defensively sound zone press, and can play man, too, then that's a great combination of defenses,  You have a "Plan B" and a "Plan C" that don't rely on doing fundamentally unsound things on defense.
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