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[QUOTE="BostonOrange, post: 1018636, member: 688"]
So my opinions...1. On tempo -playing zone doesnt necessarily mean that your opponents dictate tempo - i agree.  You can press out of it, halfcourt trap, all kinds of stuff to speed them up.   But we dont really do that very much.   Generally speaking we play it pretty straight  up, which does allow opponents to dictate tempo.     One thing our zone does not do is pressure the ball - and ball pressure tends to speed you up.  When louisville playszone, which they do quite a bit, they typically pressure out of it.  On lineup flexibility the zone absolutely limits what you can do.   When is the last time we played 3 guards?   When is the last time we playedtwo little guards at the same time?   Answer is 2009 (flynn, devo, harris, rautins) and we were horrid on d  (but very good on o).   So why is man different?  Two reasons:  ball pressure is one.  Little quick guys stink in a zone but their lack of size is mitigated when they can really get into the ball handler (ala napier, siva, etc)   The second reason is in a zone they know where you are.  If you have a 6'3 guy at the bottom of the zone it is pretty easy to target him with your 6'8 guy.   In man you are the one dictating who they guard.   I thought it was telling two years ago when we never played scoop-dion-triche at the same time, even though i thnk that would have been a tough lineup to guard   As you mentioned it is an offense/defense tradoff and jb in my opinion has just decided that putting 3 little guys on the court is almost never worth it.  It is also telling that we never recruit undersized pf's because they cant guard the wing of the zone.  Dejaun blair couldnt play here.   So after all that im not really a zone hater.  If you have the right guys it is really hard to score on.   And i also agree that the last two years were about o not d.  But...there are tradeoffs with the zone and i do wonder if they are worth it.
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