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Message: [QUOTE="Zelda Zonk, post: 2561397, member: 966"] I don't think it's only effective out of conference. I don't think it's ineffective in-conference. We lost to Kansas this year. Some teams have trouble with it, some don't—depends on their personnel and coaching, like anything else. The zone gets discussed a lot because it's an anomaly, but a lot gets attributed to it that might be less relevant than is credited. It does make teams play differently. It can make teams uncomfortable. And it changes the statistics. I kinda agree with you, that offense is critical in the tournament. Versatile offense. Villanova won a big game when they didn't shoot 3s very well, and then this last game, they did shoot them well. For teams that don't have strong balance, O and D, and all through the lineups, it's really a crapshoot as to who moves through the field. Single eliminations both reveal and obscure truth. [/QUOTE]