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Message: [QUOTE="RF2044, post: 4560511, member: 40"] I'll one up that -- 90/10. But you have to have another pitch to mix things up once the opposition starts to figure things out. Generally speaking, we don't. No defense is impregnable, so the notion that zone or man are "right" or "wrong" is flawed. But playing only one style without being able to switch to something else that is effective creates risk, and delimits what you can do defensively. I loathe Pitino, but loved [from a basketball standpoint, not that I rooted for it when he used it against us] how he mixed in a 1-3-1 press after made baskets, to go with the 2-3 zone. It was an effective technique for throwing teams off-guard, not allowing them to settle into a groove playing only against one type of defense, and often forced teams [at minimum] to burn shot clock advancing the ball -- if not outright generating turnovers. [/QUOTE]