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Message: [QUOTE="rpmfla, post: 4131184, member: 7950"] I'm not a hard core analytics person but have watched nearly all Syracuse games for the last 10 years or so and I feel that playing only zone defense in today's 3 point shooting era is no longer effective. Yes, against teams that have never faced zone or that have little time to prepare for it (or are poor shooting teams) it can still be effective. However, for teams that know it well or can prepare for it, it is no longer as effective as it once was. If an opponent has good 3 pt. shooters, the zone has to extend out further, making it vulnerable to baseline and lob passes for easy buckets. Conversely, if the zone packs into the lane to defend dominant bigs it leaves the perimeter open. Plus there is the obvious weakness of the zone when it comes to rebounding. Because of this, I am looking forward to the end of the Boeheim era and hope the next coach is less dogmatic and firmly tied to only one way of doing things. [/QUOTE]