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Jacksonville mixed it up with a zone last night

They played a good amount of it in the first half and closed the half down by 10 Didn't play a single possession of it in the second half and won by 10 It was a crappy zone...and they're worse for having used it. But yeah "zone is easy to teach"
Posted: 11/21/2024 at 10:43 AM ET
(In response to this post by hokiepro)

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Hard to understand why MY won’t play any zone defense
BAMAHOKIE • 11/20/24 09:55 PM ET
I have wanted to post this exact thing but was afraid to. I thought this
SmithfieldHokie • 11/21/24 04:24 PM ET
I’ve been saying that for years. He’s very easy to coach against. **
va.tech • 11/21/24 04:19 PM ET
Young used to be a coach that split his defenses...
Cvillehoops13 • 11/21/24 07:37 AM ET
Being able to play even a slightly competent zone that in college...
Cvillehoops13 • 11/20/24 11:28 PM ET
That may have some pieces of truth but
hokiepro • 11/21/24 05:43 AM ET
I’ve coached both, in college basketball…
Cvillehoops13 • 11/21/24 07:02 AM ET
I would understand not spending
Pride_and_Joy • 11/22/24 06:31 AM ET
The idea is to use it to disrupt flow & mess up other team’s scout
hokiepro • 11/21/24 07:38 AM ET
Apparently, teaching both is too much for players to handle. **
Pride_and_Joy • 11/20/24 10:15 PM ET
That’s the most ridiculous thing posted by a “basketball expert” on this
hokiepro • 11/20/24 10:48 PM ET
Jacksonville mixed it up with a zone last night ◄
GCHokie34 • 11/21/24 10:43 AM ET
So without Jville’s strategic error of playing zone, they
Pride_and_Joy • 11/22/24 06:33 AM ET
won't the zone help prevent dribble penetration?
VermontDDS • 11/21/24 10:58 AM ET
VT scored almost 1.5 ppp when Jacksonville ran zone
GCHokie34 • 11/21/24 11:11 AM ET
Yeah, it was. I mean, plenty of teams mix in a
Pride_and_Joy • 11/20/24 10:54 PM ET
This season 44 out of 364 teams are base M2M but are mixing in zone...
Cvillehoops13 • 11/20/24 11:36 PM ET
So more than 1 out of 10 teams. Not exactly unheard of.
Pride_and_Joy • 11/21/24 04:15 PM ET
No, plenty of teams zone up on baseline out of bounds or things like that..
Cvillehoops13 • 11/22/24 12:17 AM ET