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[QUOTE="Dave85, post: 2418563, member: 3946"]
This team will get better on both ends of the floor over time.  By March the defense will be elite.   I don't think there is much mystery to how JB tweaks the zone.   The first half he lets 3-point shooters shoot.  If they are successful then in the second half the zone is pushed forward to defend the 3 tighter.  A lot of times once a team has success they can't stop doing what they did the first half.   Teams with really good players figure out how to win no matter what.   But a lot times, like our last game with Colgate, they can't change from their first half habit of play.

In terms of 3 point shooting I'd like to see Brissett do the run around the baseline to an open wing catch and shoot 3-point shot Rautins used to do.   Our offense needs a few new motion wrinkles.  They do the same sets every time.   Also, FH has to figure out how not to turn the ball over on an errant pass to someone who starts cutting to the basket.  The team needs to work out when to cut and when to be ready to receive the pass.  Again, this team has a lot of work on both ends.  It will come in time.   Right now all that matters is the team is on a good track to be able to be competitive once the ACC regular season games start.  I think we have a very good chance to get 20 wins with this team.   This is really exciting to me because I thought this year's team would be JB's worst season on record.   I'm very pleasantly surprised so far!  Plus I like the players on this team.   They are a hard team not to like.

We will only play 2-3 zone.  Here is JB's rationale for playing the zone 100% of the time:

[URL='http://www.syracuse.com/orangebasketball/index.ssf/2013/03/syracuse_coach_jim_boeheim_say.html']Syracuse coach Jim Boeheim says he learned (slowly) to rely on the zone defense[/URL]
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