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Message: [QUOTE="General20, post: 2316276, member: 724"] You are missing the point of my post. The argument of this thread is that the zone is obsolete because players are too good at 3 point shooting now. In 2016 Syracuse was top in the country at defending the 3 point shot while playong exclusively zone. They were also near the top in total defense despite not beomg able to defend the post due to the personnel they had. Forget the final 4, just look at that. Basketball trends dont chamge fast enough for a defense to be tops in the nation one year and obsolete the next year. The drop off in D was due 100% to personnel amd 0% to shifting styles on basketball. It was pretty well documented going into the season that White and Gillon were going to be bad defensively. Chukwu got hurt, so Lydon went back to center, and we didnt get many productive minutes out of Roberson forcing us to play Thompson who was a historically bad defender. [/QUOTE]