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[QUOTE="Zelda Zonk, post: 1628931, member: 966"]
I still hate the zone.
We beat a #20 and sinking team without a key player*. It was still a phenomenal win, because it's a phenomenal win anytime we beat duke, but... A little perspective isn't out of order.

Secondly, 'holding' them to 60-something points isn't the same as if a m2m team had done the same thing. Zone naturally suppresses scores, whether we are doing it well or not.

Because of the duke 'brand' and the acclaim of their recruiting classes, I was shocked to see very little talent out there. We didn't give Allen a lot. Their star freshman played like a freshman. And K coached a lousy game, not bothering to do the things everyone knows you need to do against a zone.

A gratifying win, for sure. But every win (or loss) isn't a justification for any one decision. If it were, the Bad Losses we have would more than cancel out the three wins over the bottom third of the Top 25.

*I can't watch Duke games, aside from when we play them, so fill me in: when Jefferson plays, is plumlee his backup, or do they often play together? I thought it was inaccurate for the announcers to harp on him not being there, when plumlee had the kind of game he had. Maybe lost a bit of jefferson's defense, but plumlee compensated offensively. But k would have had sub and versatility options, so, it would just have been a 'different' game, not necessarily a better one for duke.
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