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[QUOTE="Orangezoo, post: 4599289, member: 237"]
Let's leave this with an analytical thought but pivot to outcomes to keep it higher level. How many final four teams have there been since 2014 that played zone 75 pct of the time? How many sweet 16 teams?

There are 7 teams as of 2020 who played it more than 75 pct of possessions.. the biggest name besides SU, that stopped just prior to 2020 and made a final four and won a title after they stopped was Baylor. Explain why the # of programs where zone is used near  the same levels as SU  and has been continuously dropping over the same time period that SU has struggled while miraculously the other analytics show the 3pt shot has become a much bigger part of every teams offensive scheme over that time.

This is a basic ask forget the ask to go through the other more layered stats. The premise of this ask is that if there is no significant change in the 3pt shot analytics since 2014 then why is zone utilization and the # of teams going far in the post season using it at high rate not increasing but instead decreasing? Why not have these top 10 classes with zone size and athleticism out there playing it?
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