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[QUOTE="Cuse_MN, post: 153084, member: 1559"]
Every decent bball coach in America knows how to beat a zone.  Flash to the high post for an entry pass, send cutters baseline and then do one of three things: (i) hit the 15 ft jumper, (ii) hit cutters, (iii) rotate the ball to the opposite side of the entry pass for an open jumper.  That is the recipe for beating a zone and its what Pitt was doing with success today and how they've attacked it for years.  
 
Nobody needs to "figure out a zone."  Everyone knows the secret sauce.  Problem is the mid-range jumper is a lost art in college hoops so few teams have a multi-dimensional threat they can use to flash the post and force the zone to defend the high post jumper.  Our length in the zone makes options two and three not impossible, but more difficult to execute.  Option two has become more difficult versus us with the emergence of our shot blocking and we are doing a good job at not leaving shooters this year (partly because of the confidence in the interior d), so option three isn't really going lead to many open looks.  
 
Knowing how to beat a zone isn't the issue, its having the pieces to execute the plan consistently and few teams have them.
 
Having watched the UNC/FSU game this weekend, you could insert "man" for "zone" in your statement about players looking like they are one step behind.  UNC gave up open look after open look playing man.
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