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[QUOTE="Janner, post: 2358399, member: 739"]
Yeah I never really bought into the "zone hurts your stock" concept.  I mean these kids grow up learning to play strictly man-to-man defense in the streets/parks, then in middle school, then at any camps they attend, then in High School and finally in AAU ball.  They come to Syracuse for a year or two and what? They forget everything they learned and practiced for the first 17 years of their life?

As billsin01 points out, I think it could be argued given the way that the NBA switches and plays help defense, that a couple years of zone could defiantly help to better prepare a prospect for the pros.  Man-to-man defense is based on athletic ability, size, heart, and intelligence (slightly generalized).  By playing the zone for couple years your not going to lose any of the first three and you would think it would help improve your knowledge/intelligence of the sport.

Now does Syracuse recruit players that might fit a zone scheme better? Sure, for the most part. But if a LeBron James type player chose Syracuse its not going to make him a worse man-to-man defender.
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