The match up zone

Oh man another south american woman.

Have you been to columbia yet ?

Thinking of maybe going there this year possibly when I go back to Peru

They have a campus in Peru? 

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The problem with the zone is the lack of rotation.  It's just disturbing.  Look at Christian Jones, with just one minute of play, standing FLAT-FOOTED 15 feet away from the man he should have been closing out on.  Notice the only other option for Jones to defend is even further away on the right wing.  This was off of two pedestrian passes from the left wing then to the open shooter.  How is Jones not anticipating this?  How is he possibly flat-footed in this situation, just staring at the shooter?  Unreal.

I know you love Christian Jones.  But can you use a better example than the guy who played a whopping 1 minute

No better example that I have ever seen than this:  a kid standing completely flat-footed in a freaking matchup zone.  This still image is exactly what every zone needs to avoid.  There are THREE guys standing below the basket with no Syracuse players within 8-10 feet.  How does that happen? 

Jones has to choose between two guys, both standing on the three point line, but he's flat-footed and staring at a kid that caught a soft pass, set his feet, and was at the top of his jumper before Jones even moved his feet. Jones needs to be anticipating that pass like everyone in the stands, and be there a second after the ball arrives with a hand in the kid's face.  There are 40 year olds at the YMCA that would close out faster just trying to pretend like they were playing defense.

What's even worse is that if the shot was missed, Cuse crashed the glass and our three guys didn't eve box out!  Three guys under the rim and we would have lost that rebound. 

When Christian comes in the game do you start throwing things around the house?

I'm lucky I'm even allowed to watch the games in the first place. I know better than to mess up a Colombian woman's house. 

Oh man another south american woman.

Have you been to columbia yet ?

Thinking of maybe going there this year possibly when I go back to Peru

She was born in Bogota, but she hasn't been back since she was in third grade.  We are getting our son his Colombian dual-citizenship this month, and I hope to visit at some point in the near future.   

I don't think the defense is so bad. Rebounding poorly out of the zone is probably more of an issue than the actual zone itself. Lately JaKarr has been particularly good rebounding and even Obkepa has improved.

If there is a problem it's executing in the half court offense.

Bingo.  You have top make shots against the zone.  It loosens up the zone and allows for penetration.  What were Harrison and Marco in the first half against Cuse, 0-7 from 3 point line?

UCONN was 8-14 against Syracuse last night on 3's.  That's 24 points from the 3 point line and better then 50% from it.  You have to make them pay when they pinch and leave open shooters.

When you are facing a really good team on the road you need to make shots.  I remember what Calhoun said after the 99 Championship game against Duke.  That was a Duke team that lost 2 games all year, DRILLED just about every team they played, went 19-0 in the ACC (16-0 regular season, 3-0 ACC Tourney).  Lost only to Cincy in a pre-season Tourney and UCONN in the title game.  UCONN and Cincy were the only two teams to shoot better then 50% from the field in a game against Duke all year.

Calhoun simply said he told his guys we can play good defense, we can rebound well but in the end if we are going to beat this team we are going to have to make shots.  Because on paper they are probably better so they can shoot 40% and beat us, we can't shoot 40% and beat them.