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Message: [QUOTE="billsin01, post: 4811372, member: 837"] Aggressive man defense isn't necessarily quality man defense, which may be something a lot of folks on this board learn. I feel like there is an argument to be made that a basic 2-3 zone is outdated to an extent because so many teams are putting five scorers and at least three shooters on the floor most of the time these days. But we really struggled every bit as much on defense the past few years because we weren't very athletic and lacked difference-making length. A big part may have been the zone, but personnel was a key piece of that. The switch to man is good in theory, but m2m defenses get torched every night in college hoops. It's not enough to simply play man or to play 'aggressive' man. You need to be able to play good team man defense and that's what I'm hoping we see tonight. [/QUOTE]