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[QUOTE="Dave85, post: 1663398, member: 3946"]
Dixon and Pitino just know how to prepare their teams to beat our zone.  JB switched to only playing 2-3 zone 100% five years ago.   He's not going to prepare a custom defensive scheme for two games.

I think JB believes in the 2-3 zone live or die.  It's just the way it is.  You can beat the 2-3 zone if you are good at playing team offense and making lots of passes into and out of the key.  Once good passes are made the zone collapses and shots are opened up.  That's the negative. The positive is you get lots of steals and hopefully transition offense.  Good transition offense is very exciting to watch!

I don't know.  I hate it when we lose.  But you can hardly expect to win every game all the time.  We won at Cameron.  We won Atlantis.  If we do not close out with 5 straight loses I think we have a good chance to get into the NCAA tournament.  I had such low expectations for this team going into this year.  For me, winning Atlantis and winning at Cameron pretty much make it a successful season.  I really did not think we would have a chance to make the NCAA tournament.  If we do, it's pure icing on the cake.

It terms of scoring 52 points, this team has been amazing on offense at times.   We were out-played the last two games.  All we have to do is win one or two more games in the last 4 and we make the NCAA for sure.  I think this team is capable of beating any team on any given night.  But the stars have to align.  There's just no margin for error with the players we have.

I'm still hopeful we make the NCAA tournament but bleeding Orange over the last two games.
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