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[QUOTE="HoustonCuse, post: 2823272, member: 87"]
There is a lot to question about these statements.

1. If the zone allows the opponent to dictate the pace, it is only in the sense that they can't get good shots against it quickly. Isn't that the goal of a defense, to not give up easy shots?

2. Would you like an "exciting game" that we lose or a "boring game" that we win. Remember when we held Marquette to 39 points in an Elite 8 game and went to the Final Four? I found that pretty exciting.

3. If the opponent is having a decent shooting day and your team is having a lousy shooting day, it increases the chance that your team will lose in all situations. Whether you play the best m-to-m defense in history or you play zero defense at all.

Somebody said we are playing "meathead" basketball because our games have fewer possesions. I disagree. The slavish oppostion to zone because it is different is the definition of meathead. Here's a stat: in every single game, hundreds per week, 50% of the teams lose. Over 90% of those losing teams are playing buzzer to buzzer man defense. The zone is an elite level defense. It has won games at a high rate at all levels of the sport. Why is this still questioned??
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