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Message: [QUOTE="OrangeZeus, post: 2119683, member: 4174"] I don't think the zone has been the problem. I'd argue the problem has been Boeheim's unwillingness to switch out of the zone when things aren't working our way on defense. Our defense was horrendous to start the year, and marginally improved as the year progressed. I was hoping Boeheim may mix in some M2M early on this year, but that never happened. And besides years when the zone defense isn't up to Syracuse standards, there's always going to be games like @BC this year where a player or a team goes off from deep. That game against BC this year, they shot 16-26 (61.5%) from deep on us. Bowman was 7 for 8 that game. Turner was 4 for 7, Robinson 3 for 4, and Chatman 2 for 5. When Syracuse isn't able to stop the three, which is bound to happen at least once or twice each season, we would be better off showing a different defensive scheme to at least switch things up. [/QUOTE]