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[QUOTE="007, post: 4575040, member: 393"]
I really appreciate the amount of work you put into this, Fly. I can tell you from experience that many, but not all, of the rotations you pointed out as questionable, were technically correct. The players were rotating to cover the correct positions in most cases. They were sometimes late getting there or overextended.

Duke knows the expected rotations and consistently created overloads to free Roach up by having him as the only player on the weak side. All zones and most, if not all, man concepts will rotate help away from the man furthest from the ball. Roach was very good at sliding to spots as the ball was moving and the D was rotating. Textbook stuff.

What jumped out to me from your slides was not so much about SU rotating incorrectly, but how well Duke attacked the zone.

I think the other thing that people underestimate is how much ground our forwards are required to cover in JB's 2-3 - from well above the foul line and past the 3 point line on the strong side to the opposite side low blocks on ball reversals. They often have to match up against guards, forwards, and the 5 on the same possession.

The game, the number of shooters, and advanced scouting have evolved so much, and yet the zone stays the same.
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