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[QUOTE="MCC, post: 1364300, member: 145"]
I believe we have systemic issues: the zone - while a wonderfully effective defense - requires certain personnel with specific traits, or at least we appear to target certain recruits - few of whom seem to be efficient outside shooters.  The college game is so heavily weighted toward the 3 point shot that it skews everything else: TO margin, post play and even rebounding %.  Note that Duke's pressure man to man is rather leaky, but they make up for it with very efficient use of the 3.  When they have a credible post threat like Okafor they vie for titles.

IMO it's quite simple: score as efficiently as possible, which in the college game means make best use of the short 3 point line.  Our system - when properly populated - is very tough, but I suspect we'll only vie for titles when we have an elite 4 man and at least one efficient 3 point threat.  We always seem to have a decent 5 and a good 1.  IMO we struggled this year because our 1 was weak and our potentially elite 4 went down early, triggering major adjustments from that point on.

If Kaleb makes a leap this year or next, or we bring in a very good 1, I'll feel better.  Absent a high-scoring forward (probably the 4 man) I don't think we are a title threat near term.
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