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[QUOTE="Fly Rodder, post: 2835302, member: 2133"]
I think the Syracuse zone is a legitimate good-to-great defense.  Where problems appear are that the trade offs being made to make it [B]great[/B] hampers the rest of the team to the point where it can be a net negative.  Virginia has a top-5 defense every season, they don't play zone.  Michigan plays a top-5 defense the last three seasons, they don't play zone.  Louisville was generally in the top-5 under Pitino every season and they don't play zone exclusively.   So legitmately great defenses can be played consistently that aren't 100% zone.

The 2-3 zone operates best with tall lanky athletes and the recruits with those bodies [B]and[/B] legitimate basketball skills are top-10/20 talents.  SU doesn't get those recruits.  Boeheim focuses on the body type and hopes he can teach enough/develop enough D1 basketball skill to make the offense work enough to win games.  We can see what happens the offensive skill development doesn't occur enough to get over the tipping point.
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