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[QUOTE="FrancoPizza, post: 4584132, member: 5195"]
I recall the 2009-2014 defense - the occasional times it was challenged back then was when it had to stretch and push out further.  This is what the zone is asked to do now on a nightly basis in 2023.   Anyone who has watched college basketball over the last 10 years has to be painfully aware of how offenses have adapted, both in ball movement and personnel.

It's a crime we didn't win another title in 2010 or 2012, but put those same players into 2023 and we'd be pulling our hair out losing several more games that we'd have no business losing.  34-3 would probably be more like 28-9.   The difference is JB would probably break out trunk monkey in the 1st half before things got out of hand.  I distinctly remember a game vs South Florida that year where [b]we were down 20 in the first half playing zone[/b] before we erased the deficit by halftime with pressure defense (even one as undisciplined as ours).   Even 2023 Colgate would probably give those guys a game when they'd have no business even sniffing an upset.
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