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uber hokie

WHAT ? UNHEARD OF. How could the 4 letter word be anything but ineffective

and useless.? Besides according to top board guru - It takes 4 years worth of practice to learn it.
Posted: 03/28/2026 at 07:41 PM ET
(In response to this post by millmtnhokie)

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I will duck when I say this but the Duke game changed when they went into
millmtnhokie • 03/28/26 12:40 PM ET
Foster was the real game-changer.**
David CunninghamAdmin • 03/29/26 11:02 AM ET
Cayden Boozer was getting overwhelmed by the pressure
millmtnhokie • 03/29/26 12:57 PM ET
So what has changed....
2hhoop3 • 03/29/26 10:02 AM ET
The skill level of offenses changed...
GCHokie34 • 03/29/26 11:15 AM ET
Thanks for the reply....
2hhoop3 • 03/29/26 11:45 AM ET
Very true on all fronts...
GCHokie34 • 03/29/26 03:14 PM ET
WHAT ? UNHEARD OF. How could the 4 letter word be anything but ineffective ◄
uber hokie • 03/28/26 07:41 PM ET
playing zone does not necessarily make players be better at zone than m2m
VTCALS72 • 03/28/26 07:58 PM ET
That depends on how much natural ability a person has and how fast a
Hokie1992 • 03/29/26 07:51 AM ET
Could be true as we missed the NCAA tourney. Maybe we would have made it
VTCALS72 • 03/29/26 12:32 PM ET
Middle school and high school basketball work well switching to a zone
GCHokie34 • 03/29/26 10:43 AM ET
No amount of reasoning is going to help...
GCHokie34 • 03/28/26 08:43 PM ET
They missed key FTs so there's still room for improvement
WildTurkE • 03/28/26 03:36 PM ET
Should be a great game between Duke and UConn**
OrlandoHokie • 03/28/26 01:16 PM ET
UCONN by 20+**
DGHOKIE • 03/28/26 07:32 PM ET
I agree and FWIW I didn’t say what I said as a shot to CMY.
millmtnhokie • 03/28/26 02:31 PM ET
Those Dookies are so smart they can learn multiple defensive schemes. **
40ozDistrict • 03/28/26 12:55 PM ET
Yes but it takes longer for Hokies to learn zone that to get a BS in Chem
uber hokie • 03/28/26 07:44 PM ET
I promise you there are people who read this board...
GCHokie34 • 03/28/26 08:46 PM ET
That is a wildly hyperbolic statement.
Gobbler Guru • 03/28/26 10:05 PM ET
GG, exceedingly few coaches, players, and experts earn THIS designation
Vippie1 • 03/29/26 08:48 AM ET
Players have to be able to play MTM well in order to play zone
Moseley Hokie • 03/28/26 11:17 PM ET
Has VT mastered man to man?
GCHokie34 • 03/28/26 10:07 PM ET
That's an even more bizarre perspective.
Gobbler Guru • 03/29/26 11:02 AM ET
Agree 100%...typical GC!**
NativeBurger • 03/29/26 11:21 AM ET
That's not even close to an equivalence...
GCHokie34 • 03/29/26 11:04 AM ET
Imagine being a dude who claims a different persona on this board versus
DDhokie31 • 03/28/26 09:56 PM ET
Imagine being someone who would never say that to me in person**
GCHokie34 • 03/28/26 10:01 PM ET
.
DDhokie31 • 03/28/26 10:04 PM ET
Seriously?**
HokiesACC2004 • 03/29/26 02:56 AM ET
And that will do, what, exactly?**
GCHokie34 • 03/28/26 10:06 PM ET
Say it to you in person **
DDhokie31 • 03/28/26 10:07 PM ET
Hit me up...
GCHokie34 • 03/28/26 10:08 PM ET
LOL**
DDhokie31 • 03/28/26 11:10 PM ET
....and still no email...
GCHokie34 • 03/28/26 11:15 PM ET
How long were you in charlottesville? **
SHPHOKIE • 03/29/26 09:23 AM ET
Ive not been in Charlottesville for over a decade...?**
GCHokie34 • 03/29/26 10:46 AM ET
Now we know it takes more than a decade for the obnoxiousness to wear off**
SHPHOKIE • 03/29/26 10:57 AM ET
Lmao...what?**
GCHokie34 • 03/29/26 11:03 AM ET
"What " you post. You mean you didn't understand that? In that case
Blueboy • 03/29/26 10:31 PM ET
Should we get a🥤 and 🍿 to enjoy this show? Will it be PPV?**
HokieNL • 03/29/26 08:42 AM ET
Sorry, many of us left middle school years ago. **
Stork • 03/29/26 09:07 AM ET
Or maybe Duke’s coach can think outside of his “system”?**
marcbvtgm • 03/28/26 02:46 PM ET
All it will take is recruiting 8 draft picks...
GCHokie34 • 03/28/26 01:08 PM ET
GC, obviously, mo betta dudes (Duke) give mo betta options...
HokieNL • 03/28/26 05:13 PM ET
He literally ran zone at the end of the year...
GCHokie34 • 03/28/26 07:38 PM ET
Would it have been better, with a little more repetition?**
HokieNL • 03/28/26 08:26 PM ET
Thats...kind of the whole point
GCHokie34 • 03/28/26 08:41 PM ET
I don't think anyone is advocating 50-50. Maybe 90-10, 95-5.
HokieNL • 03/28/26 08:49 PM ET
VT ran man to man 99% of the time this past season...
GCHokie34 • 03/28/26 08:56 PM ET
So if a player “ masters” M2M I guess his man never scores ? No one masters
uber hokie • 03/31/26 05:43 AM ET
Theres a large gap between mastering man to man and being 72nd in defense
GCHokie34 • 03/31/26 08:38 AM ET
Shaq could have practiced 10k FTs a day but he was never going to be a good
uber hokie • 03/31/26 03:21 PM ET
By that logic practice is futile...
GCHokie34 • 03/31/26 03:39 PM ET
Allen Iverson would disagree These kids have been playing defense for
uber hokie • 03/31/26 07:40 PM ET
Wow. Insulting someone's intelligence. Please hand GC the chill pill...
HokieNL • 03/28/26 09:08 PM ET
VT finished in the mid-70s in adjusted defensive efficiency...
GCHokie34 • 03/28/26 09:23 PM ET
This one thing from your post, is very telling...
HokieNL • 03/28/26 09:35 PM ET
If MY believed in a zone defense so much
GCHokie34 • 03/28/26 09:57 PM ET
Yet a number of teams switched to a zone briefly vs VT this yr & it worked
marcbvtgm • 03/29/26 10:05 AM ET
Except it didn't work against VT...**
GCHokie34 • 03/29/26 10:14 AM ET
You never run out of BS to double down with.**
marcbvtgm • 03/30/26 04:29 PM ET
Very nice explanation. Thank you.
HokieNL • 03/29/26 08:14 AM ET
I would tweak your summation slightly to say...
GCHokie34 • 03/29/26 11:03 AM ET
Kind of a 'Moneyball' approach, when you don't have more resources?**
HokieNL • 03/29/26 04:03 PM ET
There goes that (all knowing) critical eye of GC**
NativeBurger • 03/28/26 04:23 PM ET
There you go again making stuff up. You need help dude. Temperament!!**
40ozDistrict • 03/28/26 01:13 PM ET
Please name anything Ive made up...
GCHokie34 • 03/28/26 01:18 PM ET
Oooh, triggered again. How about this "lets just do what Duke does" ?
40ozDistrict • 03/28/26 07:06 PM ET
The first post is saying "lets just do what Duke does"
GCHokie34 • 03/28/26 07:11 PM ET
Not me. I'll keep talking BTW. But heck, Duke is a program to emulate.
40ozDistrict • 03/28/26 08:18 PM ET
Riiiiiight**
GCHokie34 • 03/28/26 08:40 PM ET
How about pretending to know something about basketball. **
SHPHOKIE • 03/28/26 03:29 PM ET
Sick burn, bro...**
GCHokie34 • 03/28/26 07:12 PM ET
Very prolific AH.**
Blueboy • 03/28/26 08:52 PM ET
Neo being a first round draft pick**
fakehokiestolenvalor • 03/28/26 02:54 PM ET
You'd do well to learn how to Google or buy a dictionary...your choice**
GCHokie34 • 03/28/26 07:12 PM ET
100 % correct
Midwestguy • 03/28/26 12:53 PM ET
MY actually played some possessions of zone this season...
GCHokie34 • 03/28/26 07:22 PM ET
I understand.
Midwestguy • 03/28/26 09:01 PM ET
Can’t compare Duke bb to vt bb
VT757to276 • 03/28/26 01:56 PM ET
?
Midwestguy • 03/28/26 04:07 PM ET
Duke won the ACC football championship 4 months ago. **
marcbvtgm • 03/28/26 02:47 PM ET
1 year is not a trend/sustainable
VT757to276 • 03/28/26 03:03 PM ET
I have no idea what your point is.
marcbvtgm • 03/30/26 04:27 PM ET
There’s 4 NBA level defenders on that team
SC_Hokie • 03/28/26 01:05 PM ET