Yep. Teams familiar with us screened us to death and since we switched on everything, it eventually led to bad matchups. It worked in the first NCAA era b/c we were only small at one position and those guys were so good at getting KA out of those bad matchups.
It also worked well in 2014 when we had Ced and Kendall, and in 2015, when we had Kendall and ShawnDre. So, my question would be if it were so easy to abuse our small guards in the match up zone, what happened in 2010, 2011, 2014, and 2015? Did all the coaches we played against forget how to coach? We have always had small guards. I think some of you are missing the keys to the success of the match up zone. Works best with solid defense down low. The quick guards guard the perimeter. Looks to me like it worked great when we had Garrett as our big, worked okay at times with ANO and TJ, not as well with TJ as the lone big in 2016 and 2017, and not good at all when we had Grant. In fairness to TJ and Grant, they did not have a lot of help down low those years. With apologies for throwing stats out here, these were our defensive efficiency rankings since 2010:
You did!!!! You copied and pasted the post that talked about Miami's 2nd half. I agree stats are not a tell all, but in the Miami game, when discussing whether or not they posted us up, drew double teams and all that, it is obvious they did not. The stats and video show that they didn't, the coaches comments also show they didn't, but people on here say don't look at stats or video, and don't listen to coaches, just listen to them. Sorry, I will go with what I know and what I saw happen.
I’d agree…. But they had 5 assists as a team… doesn’t seem like much doubling to an open man.
no, a regular zone keeps your guards on the perimeter.
Whatever you guys want to say.
I believe we switched out of it because we were pretty bad at executing it. Not good at the switches and we were significantly undersized at both the pg/sg spots which exacerbated bad matchups.
LOL. Seriously? You really don't think the match up zone keeps your guards on the perimeter? OMG. This is unbelievable. Think of the name: match up zone. So, you are playing zone and you match up. So, if I am Jacob or ShawnDre out front, why would I ever be "matched up" with someone down low? Why am I allowing myself to go down that far when that is not my role or territory in the match up zone? I guess I need to post some info since you can't look it up yourself?
I agree we executed it bad before the change. That was when we had Buck and Nick as our 2nd and 3rd tallest starters. The issue was being undersized there, not at guard. Think of how the 2-3 is set up before matching up. Grant or TJ in the middle and Nick and Buck down low with him? Our guards were small in 2010, 2011, 2014, and 2015 and we did fine with it. I think it's a great defense to run with small, quick guards because you can take advantage of their quickness on the perimeter, but you need the right guys everywhere to really make it work well.
Not really. I wouldn't post if I didn't enjoy it. Really no different than being at a bar with your friends where you talk sports and don't always agree.
As long as we respect each other’s opinions.
, he should be a huge factor for us this year.I'm weighing my curiousity against further encouraging this behavior... Hmmm
Is it me - or does his shot seem very slow to get off and he always dips it down to his waist no matter where catches the pass???
it's slow at times in the drill. I assume they're working on form and muscle memory. that's first. then you speed things up.
In rhythm he sinks all but one. But if he stops or hesitates, no good. Form looks great! We are wishing a break out year for you in 22-23. Keep it up Dji!
I’ll never complain again about 4700 fighting each point to the very end if he gives us an honest answer here.
Partial credit...pretty close description of my former line of work, though I've been out of it for a while.
I'm just a guy on the ground ... looking out for the little guy.
I didn't realize that. I saw this post about me: "I'm weighing my curiousity against further encouraging this behavior... Hmmm" and assumed it was talking about a possible reply to the tweet by SDad. Speaking of taking it down a notch, thoughts on SDad's tweet?
Um - maybe his tweet is a Dad excited about his kid’s workout before he heads back to his junior year at our great school ? Go spiders
The video? Sure. I already said not a thing wrong with SDad showing the video. But, why the cheap shots from SDAd my way? Things die down on here, everyone gets along, and then something like that shows up. So, I guess if I reply, then I am the one in the wrong here? And, imagine if I would have said what Trap said above? If I agree, I feel I can't even share that, but Sman can talk about how flat Goose's 3s are, and how Grace doesn't have a good percentage all day long. Those guys are fair game, right?
