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[QUOTE="Orangeman, post: 897309, member: 972"]
Agreed, was not bashing the zone, only pointing out the it's limitations has the most dramatic effect on young centers development because they often get blamed for things that are not their fault.

As for the zone, I will take 25-30 win seasons with fun tournament runs (conference and NCAA!) for as long as it works!

I think it's also true that both our offense and defense have become better, more sophisticated over the last several years.

To be unbiased, I'll provide an example of how our guards can be unfairly blamed in the zone:   They give up a 26 foot shot from the top or off-set area...maybe you'd give that up in man too, depends on the matchup.  But in the zone, you give up that wide open, feet-set three with the guard 4 feet off because that guard is mind-ful that he's going to have to release and get to the wing if the guy he's guarding hits the foul-line and there's a kickout.  The 26 footer is probably better to give up than the 21 footer on the wing, but it's still a "decision" forced by the style of defense that then gets the individual pulled from the game.

Basically, it's very possible to overload the zone and that guard can't play the guy 26 feet out AND get to that wing on a bang-bang kickout...but you'll always see JB throwing his Towl on either shot if it goes in.  Young guards used to man have a real problem with it (Johnny Flynn?)

It's especially easier to do this when you've got a guy that we're worried about.  Buzz and Dixon are two of the coaches who've learned to do this, in essence forcing JB to make his zone more flexible, which to his credit he's done
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