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Message: [QUOTE="OttoMets, post: 1630645, member: 716"] It's a little attenuated, but the zone played an important role. I'm quoting myself from the S[URL='http://www.syracusefan.com/threads/turning-it-on.8947/#post-91365']tanford post-game thread from 2011[/URL], but Vermont could only beat us by playing Vermont's game. Syracuse was a better team and each player was better than his Vermont counterpart. So whose tempo should we play - ours or theirs? Think of it this way - if Tom what's-his-face had negotiated with Boeheim before the game if he'd prefer a game played in the 80s or a limited-possession game played in the 50s, which would he have sold his soul for? We're typically poor at speeding inferior teams up. Slow pace often favors the underdog. It's what got the zone praised after Kansas in 1996, but it's also what's bitten us in a few NCAA losses (Butler, etc.). [/QUOTE]