DonLightfoot
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ESPN Classic this afternoon showed the SU/BC game from 1985 at Boston Garden. Both teams played zone for the majority of the game and, in fact, it was boring. Both did play some man-to-man as well. It was amazing how "packed in" the zone was back then since there was no three point line. Our guards at the top of the zone were playing around the free throw line. Also, another major change since then is the "hands in the air" which we have been accustomed to in recent years in an effort to deflect passes. That was not evident in that 1985 game.
Anyway, I thought it was an interesting evolution.
Anyway, I thought it was an interesting evolution.