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[QUOTE="Dave85, post: 1752012, member: 3946"]
and Malachi if he stays one more year.  I think one of the most difficult things about playing the Syracuse 2-3 zone is how much physical effort is required for the players at the top of the zone.  The shifting back and forth is a huge amount of effort.  I close my eyes and I can still see Triche/Scoop and Triche/MCW shifting back and forth.  Even Triche/Rautins was a really good pair.  You need two guys at the top of the zone who really have unbelievable endurance.  It's a huge amount of effort to play it well.

If Malachi comes back my guess Howard / Malachi will be the best defensive pair.  But if Malachi does not come back, that puts a lot pressure on Gillon and Battle to build up their shifting muscles in a hurry.  I hope they are practicing it now because it's a lot of lateral movement.  It's probably going to take a whole season for our defense to get really good.  Which is pretty normal I guess.

Nice video of Hop and GMac teaching how to play top of the zone defense:

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GMac crushes that fade away 3!
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