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[QUOTE="Dave85, post: 897282, member: 3946"]
I agree with you on the rebounding issue.  The 2-3 makes it very difficult.  But I love the way the 2-3 zone does sideline, corner, and under the basket 3-people traps.  I love the way the Orange use their length and athleticism to get into the passing lanes for deflections and turnovers.  The 2-3 zone forces teams to use read-react type motion offenses.  Most teams do not practice motion offenses.  I generally like the 2-3 defense because statistically it wins.

I think what JB does during a game is if a player does one thing one way and it results in a basket, JB then yells at the player to do something else.  If the other thing doesn't work, JB yells at the player to do the first thing.  I think it's a little ambiguous to what is the correct action.  I think JB likes it this way.  He forces his players to change they way their are playing based on what the opposing team is doing.  So what happens during the game is the 2-3 zone morphs into a configuration best suited to stop the current team's particular strengths which may change during the game.  Again, generally I really like JBs 2-3 defense.  It's very difficult to teach.   But it's really crazy how effective JBs 2-3 zone has become.

Miami was using a 2-2-1 matchup zone against us last game.  It's very easy to teach and very effective.  I am really surprise more teams do not use it more.  Michigan State beat UK using a 2-2-1 matchup zone.   The Orange beat Miami but it took them almost the whole game to get good at beating it.  And the 2-2-1 does better on rebounding because you have two guys in the high post instead of one center.  I am concerned about the Miami game.  I think the Orange will do better this time because they have the last games experience against the 2-2-1.

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