Chris Mullin weighs in on Zone Busting

[UnderHisOwnPower]

http://nypost.com/2016/03/24/chris-mullin-on-the-secret-to-jim-boeheims-vaunted-2-3-zone/

In summary, shoot 50% from 3, like I did, and you will win. Not much new in his insights though.

 

[tee1222]

http://nypost.com/2016/03/24/chris-mullin-on-the-secret-to-jim-boeheims-vaunted-2-3-zone/

In summary, shoot 50% from 3 and you will win. Not much new in his insights though.

Johnnies.
Payback: It's coming.

 

[MSOrange]

In summary, hire good assistants to figure out all that X and O stuff.

 

[DonLightfoot]

Great article, thanks for sharing. I've always had a lot of respect for him.

 

[Dave85]

http://nypost.com/2016/03/24/chris-mullin-on-the-secret-to-jim-boeheims-vaunted-2-3-zone/

In summary, shoot 50% from 3, like I did, and you will win. Not much new in his insights though.

"Pass the ball into the foul line area" is the standard cliche. I like JB's comment, "when M2M breaks down you don't hear people say, 'go zone'". Any defense can be busted. For M2M, "Don't let your man bust pass driving to the basket." I'm kind of sick of the zone busting comments. The only way you win big games is by playing well on both ends. It's not like when you are going against a team playing M2M defense you don't have to pass well or "make 3s" to win. It's kind of a moronic comment.

 

[upperdeck]

i dont m2m would have guarded the 25-30 ft shots SJ made that day

 

[StopCoolio]

I don’t know about you guys, but I always get my insight from coaches with career .250 winning percentages.

 

[HoustonCuse]

That St. John's game was a statistical fluke. Same as the Michigan State loss to MT and also same as that DePaul disaster in 2006. It can happen. I prefer it not to happen in the NCAA tourney so glad we got ours out of the way already.

 

[Bayside44]

I don’t know about you guys, but I always get my insight from coaches with career .250 winning percentages.

He was a bit of a baller back in the day...

 

[Dave85]

i dont m2m would have guarded the 25-30 ft shots SJ made that day

That is the theory. However, at 25-30 feet most players back off on defense so they can't be blown past by a player driving to the basket. In those cases, a guy making 25-30 foot shots could also happen when playing M2M. In other words, playing M2M is just as vulnerable to someone having a great shooting day equally as well.

There are trade-offs in every defense. I would argue the 2-3 zone allows you to play decent defense against better players. With M2M it comes down to which school does better with recruiting. Team defense beats individual offense. You have to beat team defense with team offense. I think that's one of the reasons why "they" hate us so much. We do not follow the standard narrative with our success.

The St.Johns game doesn't bother me as much. They always play us well. We are like their Georgetown. They just hates us because we are "New York's College Team," and not them.

http://www.syracuse.com/news/index...._new_yorks_college_team_football_fan_map.html

 

[UnderHisOwnPower]

Johnnies.
Payback: It's coming.

Anticipating the next St Johns prediction thread: Cuse 444, Johnnies last seen running through the exits

 

[CorduroyG]

chris mullin on zone busting: "if you can shoot the ball like me you can bust it. if you cant then ask jamie dixon"

 

[Ringostar57]

Overload. 5 guys ending up one side of the lane. Gonzaga will have Sabonis down low just outside the lane by the baseline. McLellan foul line. Perkins at the top, Wiltjer to the left of Perkins out top and Dranginis in the corner. They will try to establish 3 on 2 situations, triangle offense.

 

[Dave85]

Overload. 5 guys on ending up one side of the lane. Gonzaga will have Sabonis down low just outside the lane by the baseline. McLellan foul line. Perkins at the top, Wiltjer to the left of Perkins out top and Dranginis in the corner. They will try to establish 3 on 2 situations, triangle offense.

This post is like you are avatar pick. I can visualize you saying it!

 

[Fly Rodder]

I like JB's comment, "when M2M breaks down you don't hear people say, 'go zone'". ...

Not for nothing but:

In the Arizona Wildcats' Thursday night win against the Washington Huskies, we saw Arizona utilize something that has rarely, if ever, been used during Sean Miller's tenure: a zone defense.

The Wildcats had been struggling to get stops -- allowing Washington to shoot 51.5% from the field in the first half -- and Miller was looking for anyway to find a solution.
...
Sean Miller has a strict man-to-man defensive philosophy, but he wasn't going to sit on his hands and watch his defense continually get picked apart. Something had to be done.

"It’s a good change of scenery [against] other teams," Parker Jackson-Cartwright said about the team's zone defense.

 

[tee1222]

This post is like you are avatar pick. I can visualize you saying it!

To the exact frame!

 

[UnderHisOwnPower]

To the exact frame!

I'm your huckleberry.

 

[tee1222]

I'm your huckleberry.

Say when

 

[Ringostar57]

Outed!

 

[Capt. Tuttle]

"Pass the ball into the foul line area" is the standard cliche. I like JB's comment, "when M2M breaks down you don't hear people say, 'go zone'". Any defense can be busted. For M2M, "Don't let your man bust pass driving to the basket." I'm kind of sick of the zone busting comments. The only way you win big games is by playing well on both ends. It's not like when you are going against a team playing M2M defense you don't have to pass well or "make 3s" to win. It's kind of a moronic comment.

Most, if not all, offensive records have been set against man to man defended.

 

[Dave85]

Most, if not all, offensive records have been set against man to man defended.

That's a great point!

 

[tee1222]

I love how the zone seems to mess with opposing team's minds. Can never practice for it, length blahbiddyblublah, and such. It's an enigma, psych, psych psych!

 

[UnderHisOwnPower]

Most, if not all, offensive records have been set against man to man defended.

not to mention, there is a good reason it is outlawed at the professional level.

 

[two3zone]

not to mention, there is a good reason it is outlawed at the professional level.

It's been allowed in the NBA for 14 years now. Just can't be in the paint for 3 seconds.

 

[tbonezone]

it's a tremendous advantage to be able to play both and not just one exclusively. and how just how many ncaa championships in the last 30 years have been won by teams playing only zone? there are reasons to learn man.