Breakdown of the St. John's Zone...

Was at game with my friend a former high school coach who early on said zoning Lehigh was a mistake as they were a smart, good ball moving, good outside shooting team and that we should be playing man to man d. Thank goodness coach switched to a man in the second half just in time to pull out the victory. If you noticed the man along with steals off the press turned the game around in second half. That being said-do realize we will have to play zone vs more athletic talented teams. 
 
Yeah, that's actually true of both teams they've played so far... and it isn't outrageous to think Lavin/Dunlap are trying things out against inferior competition. Will be interesting to see what happens next week against much better teams. 
 
Was at game with my friend a former high school coach who early on said zoning Lehigh was a mistake as they were a smart, good ball moving, good outside shooting team and that we should be playing man to man d. Thank goodness coach switched to a man in the second half just in time to pull out the victory. If you noticed the man along with steals off the press turned the game around in second half. That being said-do realize we will have to play zone vs more athletic talented teams. 
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I said the same think yesterday at the early part of the game Can see usuing it at times but we should take advantage of the indivdual skills of these players
 
Was at game with my friend a former high school coach who early on said zoning Lehigh was a mistake as they were a smart, good ball moving, good outside shooting team and that we should be playing man to man d. Thank goodness coach switched to a man in the second half just in time to pull out the victory. If you noticed the man along with steals off the press turned the game around in second half. That being said-do realize we will have to play zone vs more athletic talented teams. 
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We did the same thing last year. We stuck wi the zones until we learned them, the zone analysis is correct. We are just young, inexperienced and "don't get it" just yet. We didn't even have bodies to practice against to start the season. In future years, we won't have this steep learning curve because we will have vets on the team that already know what needs to be done. We should still stick with it. Use man at times too, but the kids need to learn the system our coaches want to run.
 
When "they" pass well and can shoot lights out from the perimeter it's time to switch to man to man. 

Getting to know the zone is important but you don't sacrifice a W for it.

You had to be blind not to realize that man to man was called for last night.
 
Thanks, but I don't need to read an article about the breakdown of the SJ zone. I get to see the breakdown of the SJ zone nearly every time the other team has the ball.
 
 Good breakdown...and he's absolutely right, but c'mon it's two games with all but one newcomer! Of course they are going to rotate late after a few weeks of practice. They are thinking way too much out there instead of just reacting. I expect them to improve exponentially each month in that regard.

It's scary how isolated GG was out thee on the perimter in some of those situations. Do we really want him closing out on a wing that can shoot and drive? Could be a foul situation waiting to happen. He's been amazing so far with fouls, however.
 
The only way to learn is to implement offensive and defensive schemes against live competition. A great zone is more effective than a man, and actually takes a lot more work on the part of the defense. It would serve almost no purpose to let our kids run over inferior competition without haivng them try to learn things that will help them when the competition gets tougher. It's actually a good thing that Lehigh is a good shooting team that moves the ball well - it provided solid competition to wokr out the problems in our zone. 
 
 i dont think we need "change" our defense at all...

switching it up 5-10 times during the game could be the answer. maybe only press full court after a made basket, or switch to man after a missed, drop back into the zone after the ball is taken out, mixing it up may be very affective
 
 i dont think we need "change" our defense at all...

switching it up 5-10 times during the game could be the answer. maybe only press full court after a made basket, or switch to man after a missed, drop back into the zone after the ball is taken out, mixing it up may be very affective
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It is effective and it is trademark of Lavin and Dunlap. Just gotta learn how to play the multiple zones better. By the big east games we'll likely be a lot better at them.
 
I'm a big proponent of giving the opposition different looks on defense - unless of course you are crushing them with something. Years ago, the Ewing G'Town teams would always start the second half with a brutal full court press, and often blew the doors off of a close game and never let up till the opposition waved the white flags with a couple of minutes to go.

 i dont think we need "change" our defense at all...

switching it up 5-10 times during the game could be the answer. maybe only press full court after a made basket, or switch to man after a missed, drop back into the zone after the ball is taken out, mixing it up may be very affective
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