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[QUOTE="armory, post: 257301, member: 744"]
I'm as over last season as it gets so I feel quite comfortable that this is an objective unbiased opinion: The way their team was designed I honestly don't think they could've handle the zone.
 
They were a team built to out-man you one-on-one with size/speed/strength. They let anyone drive to the basket and either kick out or attempt a shot then they would use their athleticism to crash the boards. While the latter still applies against a zone, the former wouldn't, and the zone would have been a nightmare for their offense. "Dribble, Drive" falls flat against a zone. They would have been relegated to mid-long range shots and 2nd chance pts.
 
On the other end of the court, their primary weapon was Davis' ability to neutralize any inside shots ... but our team had almost no interior offense. The pts in the paint that we did get came from KJ, Dion and Scoop on penetration along with CJ's mid range shots. However... KJ had very a unconventional release that confused defenders while drawing fouls more often than scoring pts, Scoop had a relatively consistent crafty & unblockable floater, and Dion was incomparably adept at maneuvering the ball away from defenders' reach. So, [I]in theory[/I], Kentucky's primary advantage on defense would be pretty well cancelled out.
 
As for intangibles... UK liked to run, but nobody ran the floor better than we did and we turned the ball over less. It would've come down to, "can Kentucky make enough 3s, or get enough rebounds to give them a large enough possession advantage?"
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